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Related Links Blender

by stephenblender · Uncategorized

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The Related Links Blender plugin provides a easy way to cross link posts. Target posts or external links with thumbs and SEO friendly markup.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

12.8K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

-8%

156

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.30, 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 9/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3236 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-8% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

156

now · peak 184

15630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Related Links Blende · #28699 you 404 Related Posts · #46498 VK All in One Expans · #297 YARPP · #400

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

15.6Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

8.9y ago

latest release · v0.81

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.81 · 8.9y ago0.8 · 8.9y ago0.7 · 8.9y ago0.3 · 13.5y ago0.2 · 13.5y ago0.1 · 13.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v0.81 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-12-25 · 1,383 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
0.81
Last updated
8.9y ago
Added
2013-02-16 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5.0
Tested up to
4.8.30
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ s-design
    12.9y ago

    I have looked and looked at several other related links plugins. This one is by far the nicest to customize with a little CSS. It is also so simple to add related links to any post. I really like how easily you can add links, text, and images. It is also really quick and user friendly to edit links I have already created. At any time I can later go back and reorder the links, restyle them, and edit some of the text or update an image. There isn’t a better related links plugin out there that lets you manually customize them this nicely. Soooo, happy I found it! Thanks for making this plugin.

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  2. ★★★★★ CyberPanda
    12.9y ago

    I was trying many plugins and no one is so comfortable and editable like Related Links Blender. You can find posts with title, tags, category, or words what you write in textarea. And after it you can edit title, link, content (!), even a picture! This plugin will outperform all other. Thank you, Stephen!!

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✕ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2023-09-06 20+ → 10+ down

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