Simple On/Off Switch

by mattbeekler · Admin & Utilities

Adds a dashboard widget with a on/off switch that returns "on" or "off" value with a shortcode. Shortcode is [simpleswitch]

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

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45 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 74/100

Support 70/100

45 health vs 53 average across 2,881 Admin & Utilities plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

2.9K

Total downloads

since 2013

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+13%

106

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

WP compatibility 2/100

Rating quality 51/100

Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4840 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+13% vs prior 30d

Oct 22

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

106

now · peak 106

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

Simple On/Off Switch · #43951 Widget Disable · #1477 Admin Menu Editor · #159 White Label CMS · #233

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.

tracked estimate

10–20 ≈19

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,382 observations

Ratings · 1 reviews

Details

Version: 1.2
Last updated: 13.3y ago
Added: 2013-04-16 · 13 yrs on WP
Requires WP: 3.5
Tested up to: 3.5.2
Requires PHP: —

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

2023-06-17 20+ → 10+ down after 69 days in tier
2023-04-09 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
2023-04-05 20+ → 10+ down

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Simple On/Off Switch: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-onoff-switch