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Rewrite Rule Testing

by Matthew Boynes · Uncategorized

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Unit test your rewrite rules from the WordPress Admin.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

300+

Active installs

≈390 estimated

32.2K

Total downloads

since 2014

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+22%

781

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 3.9.40, 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.

35 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4485 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+22% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

781

now · peak 781

78130d downloads · Aug 26

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

Rewrite Rule Testing · #10462 you Debug Bar Rewrite Ru · #7730 WP Permastructure · #9834 Nginx Helper · #277

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

2.6Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

12.3y ago

latest release · v0.1.1

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.1.1 · 12.3y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v0.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈390

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

Install history · since 2015-04-08 · 1,403 observations

300Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
0.1.1
Last updated
12.3y ago
Added
2014-05-20 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.9
Tested up to
3.9.40
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Simon Blackbourn
    10.3y ago

    Regex and WordPress rewrite rules are probably my two Least Favourite Things, so this plugin is essential for making sure I haven’t messed anything up 🙂

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  2. ★★★★★ John Blackbourn
    12.0y ago

    This is one of those unassuming plugins that doesn’t promise much but ends up being hugely useful. I am now classifying this as an essential tool for any developer working directly or indirectly with rewrite rules.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-04-20 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2023-04-19 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2023-04-18 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2023-04-16 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2023-04-14 400+ → 300+ down after 114 days in tier
  6. 2022-12-21 300+ → 400+ up after 17 days in tier
  7. 2022-12-04 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
  8. 2022-12-01 100+ → 200+ up

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