.shtml on PAGES
by Discount Web Designer · Uncategorized
Appends .shtml to the URL of PAGES when using pretty permalinks
41 health vs 60 average across 6,383 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 5100 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
46
now · peak 148
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 2022-10-04 · 1,383 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-07-20 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-19 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-18 20+ → 10+ down after 15 days in band
- 2025-07-03 10+ → 20+ up after 141 days in band
- 2025-02-12 20+ → 10+ down after 174 days in band
- 2024-08-22 10+ → 20+ up after 48 days in band
- 2024-07-05 20+ → 10+ down after 160 days in band
- 2024-01-27 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Post Type Switcher 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Page Ordering 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A - P Page Links To 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Fast Page & Post Duplicator 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Pages with category and tag 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/shtml-on-pages" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title=".shtml on PAGES — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> .shtml on PAGES: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/shtml-on-pages