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Shortcode to flag

by David Jetelina · Uncategorized

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Shortcode to flag is an easy plugin, that will allow you to insert flags with shortcodes.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

D 41/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

30+

≈35 estimated

Momentum

-4%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “country”, “flag” and “flags” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

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41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins

30+

Active installs

≈35 estimated

2.8K

Total downloads

since 2015 · 1.1% still active

3.6/5

Rating

2.8 on wp.org · 4 reviews

-4%

53

Downloads · 30d

category median +6%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.1%

of downloads still active

At least 30 of 2.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.

Ratings · 4 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
1 4★
1 3★
0 2★
0 1★
2

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
11.8y ago
Added
2015-01-09 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
4.1
Tested up to
4.1.42
Requires PHP
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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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 4314 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 4/100

Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 53/100

2.8★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.00★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 4314 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-4% vs prior 30d
231 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 155 · peaks are release surges

531 Nov 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

2.81 Nov 2026

Update activity

Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.

Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
30–40 ≈35

Crossed into this band 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 27 Oct 2020

301 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ tejash91
    10.3y ago

    Hi i just installed and tried out the plugin. It works great even within Tablepress plugin. I had to change the css width/height to 20px.. cool.

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  2. ★★★★★ J.D. Grimes
    11.4y ago

    This plugin uses PHP’s eval() function, which is a poor coding practice and can easily lead to security vulnerabilities. I believe that the plugin uses eval() in a safe manner in the current version. However, due to the dangers of this function, it is often disabled by web hosts. Because of this, the plugin may not work on some hosts.

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  3. ★★★★★ caxla
    11.5y ago

    This plugin lets you place 40×40 pixel flags by using shortcodes in text, e.g. [US] for United States flag. I give 4/5 because for some reason [EU] flag is not showing. Otherwise it’s very good.

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  4. ★★★★★ uygar
    11.7y ago

    😉

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Shortcode to flag is an easy plugin, that will allow you to insert flags with shortcodes."
  • ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
  • ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
  • ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
  • ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
  • ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ! Enough to quote 377 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-11-22 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-21 30+ → 40+ up after 21 days in tier
  3. 2025-10-31 40+ → 30+ down after 41 days in tier
  4. 2025-09-20 30+ → 40+ up after 334 days in tier
  5. 2024-10-21 40+ → 30+ down after 27 days in tier
  6. 2024-09-24 30+ → 40+ up after 58 days in tier
  7. 2024-07-28 40+ → 30+ down after 31 days in tier
  8. 2024-06-27 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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