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Scribble Maps

by scribblemaps · Uncategorized

Provides a WordPress interface for embedding Scribble Maps from ScribbleMaps.com or KML from a specified url.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
42 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 67/100
Support 70/100

42 health vs 57 average across 9,300 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5672 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+8% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

117

now · peak 126

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

Scribble Maps · #24562 Flexible Map · #2660 Geo Mashup · #5236 Pronamic Google Maps · #5379

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.

tracked estimate
30–40 ≈37

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations

Details

Version
1.0.7
Last updated
15.5y ago
Added
2010-11-17 · 15 yrs on WP
Requires WP
2.6
Tested up to
3.0.5
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-27 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
  2. 2026-06-25 30+ → 20+ down after 25 days in band
  3. 2026-05-31 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
  4. 2026-05-28 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in band
  5. 2026-05-26 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
  6. 2026-05-25 30+ → 20+ down after 365 days in band
  7. 2025-05-25 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in band
  8. 2025-05-21 30+ → 40+ up after 20 days in band

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Scribble Maps: 30+ active installs, 2.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/scribble-maps-kml-embed