S3 Secure URL

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Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

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.

Crossed into this band 27 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 40.

1. ★★★★★ halraitt

   9.9y ago

   Great plug-in. I’m setting up a paywalled website for teachers with a lot of large PDFs and Powerpoints that I’m storing on AWS. They obviously need to be private URLs, but I couldn’t figure out where to start with signing a private URL even after reading all of this: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/private-content-signed-urls.html#private-content-how-signed-urls-work. But Max’s great plug-in (and quick response to my newbie query) are perfect: • connect up to AWS using your IAM key and the only two fields in the simple config • wrap a shortcode round your link text, with the name of your S3 bucket and the path • plug-in generate a temporary link on each page load, so if the user’s logged-in on a role-protected page, only they will be able to generate signed links. Simples. Not that I could do it myself, tho, of course. This topic was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by halraitt.

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

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-10-04 40+ → 30+ down after 58 days in tier
2. 2026-08-07 50+ → 40+ down after 232 days in tier
3. 2025-12-18 60+ → 50+ down after 31 days in tier
4. 2025-11-17 50+ → 60+ up after 18 days in tier
5. 2025-10-30 60+ → 50+ down after 272 days in tier
6. 2025-01-31 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in tier
7. 2025-01-23 60+ → 70+ up after 39 days in tier
8. 2024-12-15 70+ → 60+ down after 74 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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S3 Secure URL: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/s3-secure-url