Sewn In Simple SEO
by Jupitercow · SEO
A very simple SEO interface without caricatures and cruft. New improved social support.
47 health vs 62 average across 686 SEO 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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 3240 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
33
now · peak 75
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 80+ → 70+ down after 71 days in band
- 2026-05-04 70+ → 80+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-04-29 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-28 70+ → 80+ up after 8 days in band
- 2026-04-20 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-19 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-04-13 80+ → 70+ down after 245 days in band
- 2025-08-11 90+ → 80+ down after 11 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- H HeadSpace2 SEO 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 3M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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