Site Settings
by Ben Huson · Admin & Utilities
Manage custom site settings and global content fields (extendable by plugins/themes).
41 health vs 54 average across 2,383 Admin & Utilities 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 9+ 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 3643 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
22
now · peak 71
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 “100+”. 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 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 90+ → 100+ up after 10 days in band
- 2026-06-30 100+ → 90+ down after 108 days in band
- 2026-03-14 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-12 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- C Custom Posts Per Page 900+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
One Click Demo Import 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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