Simple Admin Notes
by wycks · Admin & Utilities
Adds a simple "Notes" section to the admin menu or posts
43 health vs 63 average across 861 Admin & Utilities 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4582 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
68
now · peak 94
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-24 300+ → 200+ down after 111 days in band
- 2025-11-05 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-03 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-02 400+ → 300+ down after 59 days in band
- 2025-09-04 300+ → 400+ up after 92 days in band
- 2025-06-04 200+ → 300+ up after 300 days in band
- 2024-08-08 300+ → 200+ down after 569 days in band
- 2023-01-17 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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KeepInMind Dashboard Notes 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Dashboard Notes 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A - D Dashboard Notepad 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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Simple Post Notes 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Dashboard Widgets Suite 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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