Simple Subtitles
by Jonathan Desrosiers · Uncategorized
Define a subtitle on any post, page, or custom post type.
45 health vs 64 average across 4,430 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 4.5.33, 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 3720 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
74
now · peak 184
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-12-02 50+ → 30+ down after 60 days in band
- 2024-10-03 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-09-30 50+ → 60+ up after 323 days in band
- 2023-11-12 60+ → 50+ down after 104 days in band
- 2023-07-31 70+ → 60+ down after 143 days in band
- 2023-03-10 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-03-09 70+ → 80+ up after 141 days in band
- 2022-10-19 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
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