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Plainview Activity Monitor

by edward_plainview · Uncategorized

Also makes 2 other plugins · 9.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Real-time monitoring of users, content, functionality, appearance, security, and updates.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 68/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

100+

Active installs

≈150 estimated

29.4K

Total downloads

since 2014

3.74★

Rating (adjusted)

3.6★ raw · 12 reviews

+89%

115

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 63/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2927 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+89% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

115

now · peak 126

11530d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Plainview Activity M · #12950 you BuddyPress Group Ema · #6233 DM User Tracking · #31364 PermaLogger · #52087

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.6Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.1Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

8.0y ago

latest release · v20180826

18

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

20180826 · 8.0y ago20161228 · 9.7y ago20160210 · 10.6y ago20160202 · 10.6y ago20160107 · 10.7y ago20151224 · 10.7y ago20151211 · 10.7y ago20151119 · 10.8y ago20151112 · 10.8y ago20150806 · 11.1y ago20150508 · 11.3y ago20141016 · 11.9y ago20141013 · 11.9y ago20140623 · 12.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v20180826 91%
v20161228 8.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈150

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,398 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 12 reviews

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5★
7 4★
1 3★
0 2★
0 1★
4

Details

Version
20180826
Last updated
8.0y ago
Added
2014-05-11 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.9
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ jurasjo
    9.6y ago

    Nice and fast plugin!

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  2. ★★★★★ HollyJahangiri
    10.5y ago

    Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. As I see no reply to Rick F’s report of the same problem a year ago, I’m uninstalling. Too bad.

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  3. ★★★★★ Marcos Blatt
    10.5y ago

    Works very well! For me it’s the best logger plugin I’ve ever used. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by Marcos Blatt.

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  4. ★★★★★ Mike V. Gorbunov
    10.9y ago

    It’s the best activity logger for wordpress for me. No heavy server load, no bugs, no missing actions like on other activity monitors. I love that plugin.

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  5. ★★★★★ epaslv
    11.4y ago

    Installed Plainview Activity Monitor with PHP 5.5 and getting Warning: mysqli_free_result(): Couldn’t fetch mysqli_result in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1367

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  6. ★★★★★ rfigley
    11.4y ago

    When installed I got this error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /home/eden/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plainview-activity-monitor/src/old_sdk/collection.php on line 29

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  7. ★★★★★ Jose Luis Cruz
    11.7y ago

    This plugin works as advertised and it’s very handy to have in a shared WordPress installation. Looks like a solid plugin with good support.

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  8. ★★★★★ Taylor S
    11.8y ago

    Does exactly what it says it does. Fast response from the developer regarding questions.

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. High · 8.8 Plainview Activity Monitor < 20180826 - Remote Command Injection ↗
    2018-08-26 CVE-2018-15877 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') Affects < 20180826 Patched in 20180826

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✕ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-07 200+ → 100+ down after 455 days in tier
  2. 2025-05-09 300+ → 200+ down after 270 days in tier
  3. 2024-08-12 400+ → 300+ down after 229 days in tier
  4. 2023-12-27 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-12-26 400+ → 500+ up after 8 days in tier
  6. 2023-12-18 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2023-12-17 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
  8. 2023-12-15 500+ → 400+ down after 147 days in tier

Competes with

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