Plugin Manager
by sujin2f · Admin & Utilities
Too many plugins bother you? Put them into a group!
49 health vs 54 average across 2,390 Admin & Utilities 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 2971 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
169
now · peak 268
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “70+”. 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
- 2026-04-06 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-04-02 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-03-29 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-28 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-25 80+ → 70+ down after 169 days in band
- 2025-10-07 70+ → 80+ up after 29 days in band
- 2025-09-08 80+ → 70+ down after 165 days in band
- 2025-03-27 70+ → 80+ up after 2 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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Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
BuddyPress 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/plugin-grouper" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Plugin Manager — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Plugin Manager: 70+ active installs, 4.7★ (23 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/plugin-grouper