Plugins Load Order
by Jose Barrera Mayoral · Admin & Utilities
Allows you to change the order in which plugins will be loaded by Wordpress
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 59/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈550 estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “manage” and “plugins” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
59 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 13K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 635 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 635 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| manage your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| plugins your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “manage” and “plugins” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 223 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 15 Dec 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ uph1967creations3.1y ago
This tiny Pluggie did increased the load speed of my site than the huge Cache plugin installed at new adjusted order. Tiny Exceptionally Superb Plugin. Thanks 😍 This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by uph1967creations. This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by uph1967creations.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ eLeXeM4.0y ago
we’ve just installed this little pluggie to check on the Load Ordering functionality of Jeff Sterup’s ‘Plugin Organizer’, which did not store order at the time of this writing. In contrast to its big unwieldy competitor, this little gem right here simply does the job, with a tidy, intuitive interface. Bravo; we hope it lives on. (y) 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gabe Livan7.9y ago
Well done! I was about to setup Plugin Organizer just for this task, but I thought it’s a plugin too complex (with lots of files etc.) just to change the order of the plugins load. Thank you for releasing this lightweight plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ perryrylance8.1y ago
Thanks 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows you to change the order in which plugins will be loaded by Wordpress"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 400 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 3 tags appear in the text ("admin", "manage" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-17 600+ → 500+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-01-11 500+ → 600+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-12-30 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-28 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-27 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-26 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-25 600+ → 500+ down after 337 days in tier
- 2025-01-22 700+ → 600+ down after 7 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Plugin Report 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hide Plugins 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - D Dashboard Commander 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
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Posts Columns Manager 800+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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