SEO Internal Link Shortcode
by Steven Vachon · Uncategorized
Internal links to posts, custom-type posts, pages, categories and tags with any HTML attribute(s).
47 health vs 56 average across 11,641 Uncategorized 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4566 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
115
now · peak 115
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 “60+”. 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
- 2026-02-03 70+ → 60+ down after 189 days in tier
- 2025-07-29 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-07-26 70+ → 80+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2025-06-19 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-06-16 100+ → 80+ down after 976 days in tier
- 2022-10-14 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Media Library Categories 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
No category parents 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- C Custom Recent Posts Widget 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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