Prettify For WordPress
by Josh Lyford · Uncategorized
Easily add Google Code Prettify to your WordPress site. Customize the coloring with easy with options powered by ThemeKit For WordPress.
41 health vs 61 average across 5,818 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4, 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 5582 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
15
now · peak 51
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,368 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-03-25 20+ → 10+ down after 190 days in band
- 2023-09-17 10+ → 20+ up after 9 days in band
- 2023-09-08 20+ → 10+ down after 250 days in band
- 2023-01-01 30+ → 20+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S SyntaxHighlighter Evolved 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
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Highlighting Code Block 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP-Markdown 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- P Prettify Code Syntax 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- X Xhtheme Code Block 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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