Simple Post Meta Manager
by Sandor Kovacs · Uncategorized
This plugin is for advanced WP editors / developers. It should increase the productivity when your post custom field's values are messed.
45 health vs 58 average across 8,079 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3842 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
21
now · peak 64
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 582 days.
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
- 2026-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-06-30 40+ → 50+ up after 391 days in band
- 2025-06-04 50+ → 40+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-05-28 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-05-24 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-05-21 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-20 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-19 40+ → 50+ up after 110 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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Pure Metafields 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Advanced Query Loop 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A - P Post Meta Inspector 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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Post Meta Data Manager 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A - C Custom Metadata Manager 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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Ultimate Fields 600+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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