Ryans Simple CMS
by Ryan Hellyer · Admin & Utilities
The Simple CMS plugin converts your WordPress admin panel into a simple CMS. This is aimed at web designers who want to provide a simple adminstration …
45 health vs 53 average across 2,960 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.22, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3069 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
37
now · peak 94
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 40+ → 30+ down after 454 days in tier
- 2025-04-16 50+ → 40+ down after 26 days in tier
- 2025-03-21 60+ → 50+ down after 225 days in tier
- 2024-08-08 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2024-07-31 60+ → 70+ up after 42 days in tier
- 2024-06-19 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-06-16 60+ → 70+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-06-10 70+ → 60+ down after 24 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
All In One Favicon 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D - C Cryout Serious Theme Settings 40K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
- W WP Updates Notifier 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Catch IDs 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Taxonomy Ordering 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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