Related Content by Plugz
by csiszi · Uncategorized
ad network, ads, advertising, widget, contextual, nrelate, outbrain, yarpp, taboola, money Requires at least: 1.8 Tested up to: 4.3.1 Stable tag: 1.6.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-34%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “images”, “plugs” and “popular posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 14.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3808 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
3.5★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3808 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| plugz your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| yarpp | #17 | #13 | 0 |
| yarpp custom post | #14 | #11 | 0 |
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| plugs your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popular posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “images”, “plugs” and “popular posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 7 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 149 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
10.4y ago
latest release · v1.6.2 · 31 May 2016
32
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.3 years ago; the previous band took 22 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 12 Jan 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ madonas3010.5y ago
It gives redirecting issue by google , so i have to deactivate it . Kindly add a option , so that when people click on a post , it directly redirect to that page not via your site .
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chrisc211.6y ago
Plugz is more of a content recommendation service rather than “related” content service. No matter how much I tweaked the keywords and narrowed the categories the plugin still just displayed whatever random content it wanted to show on my site. My site is related to consumer gadgets and in the month or so that I was using the service I never once saw a link even remotely related to my niche. Mostly it is just stuff closely related to porn (girls in underwear etc), but today, the day I decided to remove the plugin, there was actual porn (an image of someone’s vagina.) How that is related to my niche I do not know, but my site is meant to be for all ages and I hope no one else has inadvertently seen those images in the past month.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ NicolasTamayo12.0y ago
I found a related posts plugin which works fine easy to use, customizable and looks good. Big thanks and keep up the great work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ LuisSReynolds12.2y ago
I have tried some related posts plugins, but this one is the best!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ robertmlovell12.2y ago
After trying tons of plugins, I found this and thats the best! Easy to set up, nice and powerful, unlimited variations. I love the traffic exchange part. Has everything I needed. A++++
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Prolificgrammar12.2y ago
Not working, no support, feedback, not much documentation.
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,118 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 4 tags appear in the text ("images", "plugs", "popular posts" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-07-09 20+ → 10+ down after 674 days in tier
- 2021-09-03 300+ → 20+ 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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Auto Upload Images 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Statify Widget 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A - R Require Featured Image 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D
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AI WP Writer – SEO content generator, chatGPT, Gemini, Claude 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
WoowGallery 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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