Require & Limit Categories, Tags, Featured Image and taxonomies
by Puvox Software ยท Uncategorized
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58 health vs 57 average across 8,603 Uncategorized plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored โHow well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 625 days ago โ ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report โDaily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 ยท 1,380 days ยท wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume ยท peaks are release surges
52
now ยท peak 150
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time ยท higher is better ยท when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs ยท 30d
Engagement proxy ยท release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only โ20+โ. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history ยท since 2022-10-05 ยท 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-08 10+ โ 20+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-01-04 20+ โ 10+ down after 9 days in band
- 2025-12-26 30+ โ 20+ down after 177 days in band
- 2025-07-02 20+ โ 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-01 30+ โ 20+ down after 35 days in band
- 2025-05-27 20+ โ 30+ up after 72 days in band
- 2025-03-16 10+ โ 20+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-03-14 30+ โ 10+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach โ closest match first
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Require Post Category 1K+ installs ยท 4.4โ
ยท 4 shared tags C -
Search & Filter 50K+ installs ยท 4.5โ
ยท 3 shared tags B -
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager โ Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 50K+ installs ยท 4.5โ
ยท 3 shared tags A -
Term Management Tools 10K+ installs ยท 4.8โ
ยท 3 shared tags B -
Taxonomy Images 9K+ installs ยท 4.3โ
ยท 3 shared tags D - R Remove Taxonomy Base Slug 5K+ installs ยท 4.5โ ยท 3 shared tags D
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