Silent Publish
by Scott Reilly · Uncategorized
Adds the ability to publish a post without triggering pingbacks, trackbacks, or notifying update services.
44 health vs 56 average across 12,582 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2345 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
42
now · peak 83
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 “60+”. 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 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2026-06-18 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-17 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-06-09 60+ → 70+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-25 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 70+ → 60+ down after 108 days in tier
- 2026-02-04 80+ → 70+ down after 5 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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No Self Ping 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B - F Force Ping Display with Disqus 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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PRyC WP: Disable self trackback 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B - W WP_PingPreserver 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback 8K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Publish To Apple News 5K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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