Page View
by Nirmal Bhagwani · Uncategorized
This plugin makes the list of the most popular 10 posts which you can see in sidebar just by activating it.
41 health vs 56 average across 12,414 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3706 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
55
now · peak 144
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 “20+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-03 30+ → 20+ down after 61 days in tier
- 2025-06-03 40+ → 30+ down after 60 days in tier
- 2025-04-04 30+ → 40+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2025-02-24 40+ → 30+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2025-01-15 30+ → 40+ up after 79 days in tier
- 2024-10-28 40+ → 30+ down after 50 days in tier
- 2024-09-08 50+ → 40+ down after 351 days in tier
- 2023-09-23 60+ → 50+ down after 224 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Most Popular 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Toplytics 80+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Post View Counter – Clean and Fast Post View Analytics 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C - W WP-xPerts Popular Posts 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Statify Widget 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/popular-post" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Page View — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Page View: 20+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/popular-post