Plugin Check (PCP)
by WordPress.org · Performance
Plugin Check is a WordPress.org tool which provides checks to help plugins meet the directory requirements and follow various best practices.
Daily downloads
Since 2023-09-22 · 1,028 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “10K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 20K+ in roughly 453 days.
Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,027 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-17 9K+ → 10K+ up after 42 days in band
- 2026-05-06 8K+ → 9K+ up after 48 days in band
- 2026-03-19 7K+ → 8K+ up after 47 days in band
- 2026-01-31 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-30 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-28 6K+ → 7K+ up after 61 days in band
- 2025-11-28 5K+ → 6K+ up after 90 days in band
- 2025-08-30 4K+ → 5K+ up after 115 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth 3M+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
ManageWP Worker 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simply Static – The Static Site Generator 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Hostinger Tools 3M+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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