Rest Routes – Custom Endpoints for WordPress REST API
by Rest Routes · Uncategorized
Rest Routes is the ultimate solution for adding custom endpoints to your WordPress REST API effortlessly.
52 health vs 56 average across 15,980 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1103 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
195
now · peak 2.4K
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 80+ → 70+ down after 94 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 90+ → 80+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-15 90+ → 80+ down after 72 days in tier
- 2026-01-02 100+ → 90+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2025-12-08 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-07 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-06 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Ultimate Endpoints With Rest Api 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
WPGet API – Connect to any external REST API 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP REST API Controller 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
REST API Custom Fields 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - R REST API Enabler 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Advanced Custom Routes – Custom Endpoints for WP REST API 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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