Published By
by Scott Reilly · Uncategorized
Track which user actually published a post, separate from who created the post. Display that info as a column in admin post listings.
45 health vs 67 average across 3,504 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 2958 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
25
now · peak 250
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 511 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-02 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-01 60+ → 50+ down after 5 days in band
- 2026-01-27 50+ → 60+ up after 244 days in band
- 2025-05-28 60+ → 50+ down after 123 days in band
- 2025-01-25 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-01-23 60+ → 50+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-01-16 50+ → 60+ up after 32 days in band
- 2024-12-15 60+ → 50+ down after 14 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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- W WP Emmet 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Classic Editor 9M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/published-by" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Published By — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Published By: 60+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/published-by