Reset Slugs
by Timothy Wood · Admin & Utilities
Because sometimes you just want to revert your slugs to what WordPress thinks is best.
47 health vs 53 average across 2,967 Admin & Utilities 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 3.7.41, 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 4522 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
21
now · peak 80
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 40+ → 30+ down after 288 days in tier
- 2025-09-25 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-09-20 40+ → 50+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-09-12 50+ → 40+ down after 287 days in tier
- 2024-11-29 60+ → 50+ down after 63 days in tier
- 2024-09-27 70+ → 60+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2024-09-18 60+ → 70+ up after 13 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- A Add From Server 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Revision Control 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
-
Radio Buttons for Taxonomies 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
SEO Friendly Images 20K+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags F - S ShowID for Post/Page/Category/Tag/Comment 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Reset Slugs into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/reset-slugs" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Reset Slugs — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Reset Slugs: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/reset-slugs