Safer Email Link
by Andrew Norcross · Social
Adds a button to the TinyMCE to wrap an email address with a shortcode using the WordPress antispambot function.
41 health vs 60 average across 472 Social 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5323 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
60
now · peak 151
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 “100+”. 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 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 200+ → 100+ down after 996 days in band
- 2023-10-18 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-10-16 200+ → 300+ up after 5 days in band
- 2023-10-11 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-10-10 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-10-08 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-10-07 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-10-04 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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AddQuicktag 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D -
Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D
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