Popular Post Real Time
by vicenteguerra · Analytics
Set Category with Popular Posts (Based in Google Analytics Real Time)
42 health vs 64 average across 1,030 Analytics 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 3625 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
49
now · peak 140
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
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ twil4049.4y ago
Plugin looks promising, but there are NO step-by-step instructions for the lay person. The developer obviously assumes a lot on the part of the user. For someone who is new to google analytics, forget it! You’ll waste hours trying to get this running. The developer needs to provide STEP BY STEP instructions on each part of the setup process, and not assume the user is a google analytics expert!!! There are links to the google pages, but that’s it. No information about what links there need to be clicked. No information about what a client-id is or where to create it. No information about what email they want the user to enter. No instructions of any kind. Too bad. It looks like it had potential.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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WP Popular Posts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Popular Posts by Webline 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C - P Popular Posts 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative 600K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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