Post Type Icons
by Matthew Boynes · Uncategorized
Quickly and easily add Font Awesome icons to your custom post types.
46 health vs 63 average across 4,527 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4466 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
27
now · peak 76
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-24 90+ → 100+ up after 33 days in band
- 2026-01-22 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-20 90+ → 100+ up after 11 days in band
- 2026-01-09 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-08 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-05 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Post Type Archive Descriptions 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - S SuperCPT 600+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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Spectre Icons 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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