RSS Cloud
by Automattic · Content & Feeds
Adds RSSCloud ( http://rsscloud.org/ ) capabilities to your RSS feed.
42 health vs 62 average across 389 Content & Feeds plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
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 1311 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
45
now · peak 130
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-05 100+ → 80+ down after 1158 days in band
- 2023-03-04 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-03-03 100+ → 200+ up after 19 days in band
- 2023-02-12 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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RSS Importer 30K+ installs · 3.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
RSS for Yandex Turbo 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B - D Disable Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/rsscloud" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="RSS Cloud — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> RSS Cloud: 80+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rsscloud