Plugin Pulse
← Pulse

WP Retro Version Manager – Retro Themes and Plugins

by Sadat Himel · Uncategorized

Easily browse, download, or install older versions of WordPress plugins and themes from WordPress.org. Perfect for testing or restoring compatibility.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
83 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

83 health vs 65 average across 3,958 Uncategorized plugins

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.

87 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

Get the full rank-higher report →

Daily downloads

Since 2025-05-19 · 424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-44% vs prior 30d
May 25
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

56

now · peak 135

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

WP Retro Version Man · #23505 Disable Updates · #2069 WP Document Revision · #4766 Gitium · #9386

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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
30–40 ≈37

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 81 days.

Install history · since 2025-05-20 · 421 observations

Details

Version
1.0.5
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2025-05-20 · 1 yr on WP
Requires WP
6.3
Tested up to
6.8.5
Requires PHP
7.4

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-10 20+ → 30+ up after 25 days in band
  2. 2026-05-16 10+ → 20+ up after 33 days in band
  3. 2026-04-13 20+ → 10+ down after 15 days in band
  4. 2026-03-29 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2026-03-28 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
  6. 2026-03-25 10+ → 20+ up after 89 days in band
  7. 2025-12-26 — → 10+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first

Compare head to head →

Embed this report card

Drop a live Pulse card for WP Retro Version Manager – Retro Themes and Plugins into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.

<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/retro-version-manager" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Retro Version Manager – Retro Themes and Plugins — Plugin Pulse"></iframe>
Preview card ↗

WP Retro Version Manager – Retro Themes and Plugins: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/retro-version-manager