PuSHPress
by Joseph Scott · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 20.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add WebSub (formerly known as PubSubHubbub) support to your WordPress site, with a built in hub.
43 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
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 5.9.16.
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 1638 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
393
now · peak 1.1K
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
4.5y ago
latest release · v0.1.10
4
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 “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,494 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.1.10 Resolves notice in PHP 7.4/fatal in PHP 8.0 due to deprecation of curly-brace array notation. 0.1.10
- — Version 0.1.9 Update plugin header to avoid deprecated argument warnings Update class constructor to modern PHP Update readme to reflect new name for the standard (WebSub) Correct duplicate filter name Add disable_pushpress_send_ping 0.1.9
- — Version 0.1.8 Use wp_safe_remote_ () instead of wp_remote_ () 0.1.8
- — Version 0.1.7.2 Make sure to only output the hub information in feeds Bump tested value up to 3.6 0.1.7.2
- — Version 0.1.7.1 Use get_error_message() from the WP HTTP API ( Andrew Nacin ) Bump tested value up to 3.2 0.1.7.1
- — Version 0.1.7 Fix typo during error handling (reported by John Godley) Improve HTTP error detection ( Andrew Nacin ) Make sure the channel title in pings matches the channel title in the regular feed ( reported by Hugo Hallqvist ) Nor 0.1.7
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-19 30K+ → 20K+ down after 591 days in tier
- 2023-11-06 40K+ → 30K+ down
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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WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub) 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Push Notifications for WP – Self Hosted Web Push Notifications 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B - B Blimply 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
- S Sharing buttons shortcode for Jetpack 800+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag C
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IdeaPush 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Push7 700+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D
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