Requirements Checklist
by dauidus · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 900+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows admins to require content to be entered before a page/post can be published.
48 health vs 56 average across 16,376 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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 4147 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
133
now · peak 199
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
11.4y ago
latest release · v2.3.1
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-05 · 1,427 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 ↗- ★★★★★ Patrick_D19856.7y ago
Only sad thing is the lack of updates. But besides that a must for every website which has multiple authors. Because not everyone is equal, setting up requirements makes sure the item that gets produced lives up to certain standards and also trains others to be better authors 🙂 Must have!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ carnold4377.7y ago
Plugin hasn’t been updated in 4 years, but it is still brilliant! It forces me and my other publishers to populate all post fields before publishing. A great plugin. Hopefully it will get adopted or forked one day!! This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by carnold437.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nerdorturd9.5y ago
Works really well! I love it brilliant idea and good job! I use it on nerdorturd.com now Cheers, Nerd
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ehm0110.5y ago
It’s light weight and works perfect to control what my editors/collaborators do on my blog.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Andrija Naglic10.8y ago
Just what I needed, does the job perfectly. Didn’t notice any bugs.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ another-webmaster11.0y ago
We where using already ‘home-brew’ functions which took care for some but I was struggling with an option we want to have/use. This plugin takes care for 75% of the ‘force our authors/subscribers to select’ functions, so it is very handy/nice! Only thing which we would love to see is that the (super)admin is not involved in this.(can overrule even if not forfilling the ‘must select options’ and can publish) But that is maybe just some we would do and has nothing to do with this great plugin. Thank you dauidus!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Md. Zubaer Ahammed11.1y ago
I was in search of such kind of plugin. After using this plugin I am amazed with it’s useful feature and ideas.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gleenk11.5y ago
Everything works well, I hope in quick update to select required custom fields and hope in new language translations.
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-27 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-26 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-25 900+ → 800+ down after 101 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-13 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-12 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-11 800+ → 900+ up after 2 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).
- F Force Post Category Selection 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- F Force Post Title 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Require Post Tags 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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DCO Post Validator 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Requird 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Publish To Apple News 4K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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