Plugin Docs
by jamesdlow · Uncategorized
Add notes to your plugins so you can document why you needed each one
45 health vs 59 average across 7,187 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
36/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.12.
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 997 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
23
now · peak 165
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,366 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-02-13 20+ → 30+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Podbean Shortcode 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements 400K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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