Post Volume Stats
by shortdark · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 200+ installs across the portfolio →
Shows stats for the volume of posts per year, month, day-of-the-month, day-of-the-week, hour-of-the-day, words per post, days between posts, author, c …
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
-9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “categories” for “pv”. “categories” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pv” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 11.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1734 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1734 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| categories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| charts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| graphs your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stats your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “categories” for “pv”. “categories” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pv” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 463 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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
4.8y ago
latest release · v3.3.08 · 31 Jan 2022
20
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.4 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 3 Apr 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Monica Biel4.4y ago
Thank you for your plugin its great! my petition is if you can give us the option to view a chart of posts volume by authors, and have the possibility to view a chart by months, or weeks to see which author is performing the best per week, month and year, would be awesome to have that chart view Thank you for your effort!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ korayloker5.3y ago
Simple, classic plugin works as promised.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Danny Froberg9.0y ago
With dozens of authors and posts per day, this plugin gives a very nice overview of who does what and when.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ antoniomc769.6y ago
Just what I needed: Simple, powerful and useful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ larnoult9.8y ago
Looking for a simple way to take a glimpse at your blog’s stat in terms of post publishing? Well, good news, you just found it 😉 Thanks to the author!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Johannes Weber9.9y ago
Yeah man, thanks for your plugin. This is exactly what I was searching for since it greatly shows the stats of my blog posts frequency.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gillybee1410.1y ago
It’s a great Plugin… Days of the month/week, hours and categories to name a few. A good way to keep track of when you post onto your blog
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Shows stats for the volume of posts per year, month, day-of-the-month, day-of-the-week, hour-of-the-day, wo..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 917 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "categories" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-06-21 90+ → 100+ up after 236 days in tier
- 2021-10-28 100+ → 90+ down after 239 days in tier
- 2021-03-03 90+ → 100+ up after 153 days in tier
- 2020-10-01 40+ → 90+ up
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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List category posts 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
M Chart 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
SEO Auto Linker 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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