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Root Relative URLs

by MarcusPope · Admin & Utilities

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Converts all URLs to root-relative URLs for hosting the same site on multiple IPs, easier production migration and better mobile device testing.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
39 Health · F
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 57/100
Support 70/100

39 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

6K+

Active installs

≈6.8K estimated

78.9K

Total downloads

since 2011

3.27★

Rating (adjusted)

2.9★ raw · 20 reviews

+68%

320

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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.

40 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 69/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3196 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

+68% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

320

now · peak 504

31130d 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

Root Relative URLs · #2911 you Automatic Domain Cha · #1950 Admin Collapse Subpa · #3472 Relative URL · #4200

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

2.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

52per 1k installs · Aug 26

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.

v2.3 100%
v1.7 0.3%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
6K–7K ≈6.8K

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

Install history · since 2015-04-20 · 1,436 observations

6KInstalls · 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 · 20 reviews

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5★
8 4★
0 3★
2 2★
2 1★
8

Details

Version
2.3
Last updated
8.8y ago
Added
2011-10-28 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
3.2.1
Tested up to
3.5.2
Requires PHP
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 2.3 Minor text edits 2.3
  2. — Version 2.2 Feature: Added blacklist entry for disabling root relative urls are specific pages. This is to help with third party plugins Bug fix: Added filter to prevent processing of email urls to root relative 2.2
  3. — Version 2.1 Bug fix: really fixed path undefined notice for urls 🙁 why @ symbol didn’t work is beyond me. I couldn’t reproduce the issue, but this was faster than debugging it. 2.1
  4. — Version 2.0 Enhancement: Added support for wp-include and WPML Multilingual CMS plugin. Thanks to @tfmtfm for the patch. Correction: Fixed changelog notes for version 1.8. 2.0
  5. — Version 1.9 Bug fix: Added more hooks to fix other urls. Thanks to @lcyconsulting for the solution. 1.9
  6. — Version 1.8 Bug fix: This patch fixes add media support. Thanks to @najamelan for the suggested solution. 1.8

Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ 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. 2025-11-20 7K+ → 6K+ down after 209 days in tier
  2. 2025-04-25 8K+ → 7K+ down after 146 days in tier
  3. 2024-11-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 145 days in tier
  4. 2024-07-08 10K+ → 9K+ down

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