Random Post Box
by Xoda · Uncategorized
The Random Post Box plugin places a box anywhere on the blog, where it loads random posts one-after-the-other.
41 health vs 55 average across 14,146 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 3.0.5, 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 5833 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
26
now · peak 61
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-06-02 30+ → 20+ down after 410 days in tier
- 2023-04-19 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-18 30+ → 40+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2023-03-24 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-03-23 30+ → 40+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2023-03-10 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-03-09 30+ → 40+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2023-03-01 40+ → 30+ down after 24 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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