ShoutOut
by shoutoutglobal · Email & Marketing
ShoutOut is a software as a service (SaaS) and is a popular affiliate and multi level marketing solution that allows tracking of affiliates.
45 health vs 64 average across 850 Email & Marketing plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.
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 1840 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
32
now · peak 70
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-19 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-18 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-17 40+ → 30+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-02-07 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-06 40+ → 30+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-28 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-26 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer & Price Comparison 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
AffiliateX – Amazon Affiliate Plugin, Product Boxes, Comparison Tables & Affiliate Link Tracking 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Affiliates Manager 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
YITH WooCommerce Affiliates 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Goaffpro Affiliate Marketing 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple URLs – Link Cloaking, Product Displays, and Affiliate Link Management 4K+ installs · 3.2★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/shoutout" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="ShoutOut — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> ShoutOut: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/shoutout