Related Items
by ChrisHurst · Uncategorized
Related Items plugin lets you relate a page, post or custom post type to other pages, posts and custom post types.
44 health vs 61 average across 5,958 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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 4698 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
17
now · peak 78
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-11 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-09 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-07 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-06 90+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-05 100+ → 90+ down after 50 days in band
- 2025-12-17 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-12-12 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-10 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Contextual Related Posts 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Related Posts by Taxonomy 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Same Category Posts 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Manual Related Posts 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP Simple Related Posts 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Custom Post Types Relationships (CPTR) 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/related-items" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Related Items — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Related Items: 40+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/related-items