Set the Stage
by Ivaylo Draganov · Admin & Utilities
Quickly switch between environments (live, test, dev) from the admin bar.
47 health vs 60 average across 1,119 Admin & Utilities 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 1066 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
21
now · peak 137
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-03-20 20+ → 10+ down after 276 days in band
- 2023-06-18 10+ → 20+ up after 15 days in band
- 2023-06-03 20+ → 10+ down after 13 days in band
- 2023-05-21 10+ → 20+ up after 9 days in band
- 2023-05-12 20+ → 10+ down after 67 days in band
- 2023-03-06 10+ → 20+ up after 35 days in band
- 2023-01-30 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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