Post Type Spotlight
by Jonathan Desrosiers · Uncategorized
x-release-please-start-version Stable tag: 3.0.3 x-release-please-end License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.
51 health vs 56 average across 11,627 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 905 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
150
now · peak 239
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 “30+”. 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
- 2026-05-29 20+ → 30+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 30+ → 20+ down after 36 days in tier
- 2026-04-08 40+ → 30+ down after 28 days in tier
- 2026-03-11 20+ → 40+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 30+ → 20+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-02-08 40+ → 30+ down after 69 days in tier
- 2025-12-01 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-29 40+ → 30+ down after 6 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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Custom Post Type UI 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Meta Box 500K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Posts in Page 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
No Page Comment 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B - E Expire Sticky Posts 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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