QR Code
by Tomek · Admin & Utilities
It lets appear the QR-code of the given site in the slidebar
45 health vs 53 average across 3,341 Admin & Utilities 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.
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 1850 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
84
now · peak 193
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 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-24 200+ → 100+ down after 494 days in tier
- 2023-12-17 300+ → 200+ down after 37 days in tier
- 2023-11-10 400+ → 300+ down after 220 days in tier
- 2023-04-04 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-04-02 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-01 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-03-30 400+ → 300+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2023-03-24 300+ → 400+ up after 10 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Kaya QR Code Generator 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags A -
QR Code Composer – Automatic QR Code Generator 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
QR code MeCard/vCard generator 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Donations via PayPal 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Reusable Blocks Extended 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget) 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/qr-code" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="QR Code — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> QR Code: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/qr-code