Simple Editorial Guidelines
by Thomas McGee · Uncategorized
This plugin enables you to display a simple panel containing your editorial guidelines in the post edit admin to users of your choosing.
45 health vs 64 average across 4,370 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 4047 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 155
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- E Editorial Guidelines 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Prepare New Version 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D -
Proofreading 5K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag C -
Edit Flow 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite – Frontend Posting WordPress Plugin 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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