Post of the Day
by mdavison · Uncategorized
Plugin to display a random post from a particular category.
43 health vs 57 average across 9,823 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5450 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
44
now · peak 149
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 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-09-13 30+ → 20+ down after 57 days in band
- 2024-07-18 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-07-17 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in band
- 2024-07-10 20+ → 30+ up after 280 days in band
- 2023-10-04 30+ → 20+ down after 36 days in band
- 2023-08-29 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-08-28 30+ → 20+ down after 227 days in band
- 2023-01-13 40+ → 30+ down
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/post-of-the-day" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Post of the Day — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Post of the Day: 20+ active installs, 2.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/post-of-the-day