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Rotating Ad Plugin

by jprobst21 · Uncategorized

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Born from a need to create rotating ads for my own advertisers. This plugin allows the user to create groups of ads based on user-defined images and l …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

3.4K

Total downloads

since 2013

3.99★

Rating (adjusted)

4.3★ raw · 4 reviews

+6%

53

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

Removal-risk signals

51/100

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.
  • No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.

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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 68/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4673 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+6% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

53

now · peak 133

5330d 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

Rotating Ad Plugin · #41175 you Image Widget · #402 Meks Easy Ads Widget · #1810 Ad Widget for WordPr · #4498

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.

5.3Kper 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.

v0.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

10Installs · 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 · 4 reviews

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5★
1 4★
3 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
0.0.1
Last updated
12.8y ago
Added
2013-11-14 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
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Tested up to
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Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 10379533
    10.9y ago

    To get rid of the 2nd instance of the plugin displaying in the Plugins list: Delete the plugin info from the top of rotating-ad.php file: /* Plugin Name: Rotating Ad Widget Plugin URI: Description: Rotates a group of ads using a widget Author: Josh Probst Version: 0.0.1 Author URI: */

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  2. ★★★★★ nexxsys
    11.3y ago

    Works great , does what it says it does and does it well. 4 stars due to the image is clickable when there is a no link.

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  3. ★★★★★ janiesc
    12.1y ago

    Simple plug in and does the job. Would be good if it had an edit button

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  4. ★★★★★ sylviaivie
    12.4y ago

    It seems to create two instances of the plug in in the plugins area. Also it does not play well with Amazon banners. Got one in there.. but now I can’t delete it. lol! Also I’ve asked for help and got NO reply. Gonna hunt the author down and twist his ear… I swear. **Update** I got a reply after this post. Author said to go into the Database and delete the record. Took me months of poking at my data bases occasionally, then I finally found it today. Deleted the offending entry from the database and now it works ok again. It still has two instances in the plugs area. But it works. upgrading this to 4 stars… will give 5 when the plug in area issue is fixed. I know Mr. Probst is a busy man, but I would also like to see more updates and issues fixed soon.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

✓ 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. 2023-04-26 20+ → 10+ down

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