Scheduled Post Guardian
by Mark Jaquith · Uncategorized
Watches over scheduled posts, and makes sure they don't miss their scheduled time
45 health vs 55 average across 12,668 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 892 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
47
now · peak 296
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-04 80+ → 70+ down after 29 days in tier
- 2025-10-06 90+ → 80+ down after 21 days in tier
- 2025-09-15 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-14 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-11 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-10 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-09 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-07 90+ → 80+ down after 1 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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Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher by WPBeginner 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Missed Schedule Posts 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP-Cron Control 1K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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Scheduled Posts Issue Fixer 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Snack Missed Schedule 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Scheduled Posts Showcase 30+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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