Simple Related Posts Slider
by josiahmann · Uncategorized
Simple Related Posts Slider is a very simple plugin that adds a slider containing related articles to the bottom of your wordpress posts.
45 health vs 60 average across 6,533 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 4091 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
45
now · peak 147
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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 “20+”. 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
- 2026-05-09 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-06 20+ → 30+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-05-01 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-04-28 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-04-25 30+ → 20+ down after 16 days in band
- 2026-04-09 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-08 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-04-02 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/simple-related-posts-slider" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Simple Related Posts Slider — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Simple Related Posts Slider: 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-related-posts-slider