Posts Page: Use Page Template
by ballyhoos · Uncategorized
When setting the 'Posts Page:' to a custom page within the 'Reading' settings of Wordpress, it will by default, ignore that page&# …
42 health vs 55 average across 14,383 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4878 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
72
now · peak 178
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 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-05 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-01 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-24 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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Templately – Elementor & Gutenberg Template Library: 6500+ Free & Pro Ready Templates And Cloud! 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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