REST API Console
by Ryan McCue · Uncategorized
A console for your site's REST API that lives in your WordPress admin.
43 health vs 57 average across 8,992 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3516 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
28
now · peak 106
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-04 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-01 70+ → 80+ up after 7 days in band
- 2026-04-24 80+ → 70+ down after 266 days in band
- 2025-08-01 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-07-28 80+ → 90+ up after 54 days in band
- 2025-06-04 90+ → 80+ down after 74 days in band
- 2025-03-22 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-03-20 90+ → 100+ up after 2 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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WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag D -
Disable REST API 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Make Connector 80K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
JWT Authentication for WP REST API 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
WPGraphQL 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable WP REST API 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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