Restful Hello Dolly
by Jake Spurlock · Uncategorized
Do you think that all of core needs to have REST support? This is the plugin for you!
45 health vs 56 average across 11,286 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 10+ 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 3814 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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
50
now · peak 131
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-06 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Disable REST API 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Make Connector 80K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable WP REST API 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP REST Cache 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
WPGet API – Connect to any external REST API 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
WordPress REST API (Version 2) 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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