Plugin Builder
by Chris Taylor · Uncategorized
Gets started building a plugin using the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate in seconds, not hours. Speed up your development.
41 health vs 59 average across 7,320 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4106 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
52
now · peak 143
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-14 20+ → 10+ down after 118 days in band
- 2026-02-16 10+ → 20+ up after 22 days in band
- 2026-01-25 20+ → 10+ down after 477 days in band
- 2024-10-05 30+ → 20+ down after 217 days in band
- 2024-03-02 40+ → 30+ down after 38 days in band
- 2024-01-24 30+ → 40+ up after 112 days in band
- 2023-10-04 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in band
- 2023-09-30 30+ → 40+ up after 84 days in band
Competes with
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WP Secure Maintenance 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/plugin-builder" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Plugin Builder — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Plugin Builder: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/plugin-builder