Slide to Subscribe
by andreitp1 · Email & Marketing
Allow people to subscribe to your newsletter with just a slide. Works with any newsletter or website, extremely easy setup.
46 health vs 65 average across 772 Email & Marketing 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2329 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
48
now · peak 144
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-06-14 20+ → 10+ down after 35 days in band
- 2024-05-10 10+ → 20+ up after 124 days in band
- 2024-01-07 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-01-04 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Newsletters, Email Marketing, SMS and Popups by Omnisend 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Mailchimp List Subscribe Form 60K+ installs · 2.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Website Pop-up Builder by BDOW! (formerly Sumo): Pop-ups + forms for email opt-ins and lead generation 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags C -
Mailjet Email Marketing 10K+ installs · 3.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
Block for Mailchimp – Add Email Subscription Forms and Collect Leads 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B
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