Proper Pagination
by swinton · Uncategorized
A flexible framework for creating semantic pagination controls for a listings page based on established usability patterns.
41 health vs 56 average across 11,695 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2, 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 6038 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
65
now · peak 165
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-15 200+ → 100+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-04-30 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-04-25 200+ → 100+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 100+ → 200+ up after 69 days in tier
- 2026-02-04 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-28 200+ → 100+ down after 831 days in tier
- 2023-10-20 300+ → 200+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP-PageNavi 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP-Paginate 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP PageNavi Style 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
- T TW Pagination 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Simplistic page navi 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Back and Forward Button 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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