Read More Link
by lucadioli · Uncategorized
This plugin allows you to use a "[more...]" tag in a post to display a preview of it on the homepage.
43 health vs 64 average across 4,329 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5200 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
45
now · peak 147
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-03 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-31 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-29 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in band
- 2026-05-21 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-18 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-17 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-16 70+ → 60+ down after 166 days in band
- 2025-12-01 80+ → 70+ down after 113 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/read-more-link" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Read More Link — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Read More Link: 60+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/read-more-link