Slug Search and Admin Columns
by Code and core · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 14 other plugins · 860+ installs across the portfolio →
Enhance your WordPress admin with powerful slug search, sortable ID and Slug columns, and flexible settings for better content management.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈220 estimated
Momentum
-33%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “columns”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
83 health vs 56 average across 5,904 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →8.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 2.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 8 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 8 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin columns | #7 | #24 | down 1 |
| search slug | #3 | #20 | 0 |
| slug your tag | #9 | #22 | down 2 |
| columns your tag | #12 | #23 | down 3 |
| page slug search | #5 | #23 | 0 |
| custom columns your tag | #21 | #24 | down 3 |
| sortable columns | #9 | #23 | 0 |
| admin columns editor | #13 | #24 | 0 |
| page slug | #17 | #24 | down 1 |
| change wp admin slug | #18 | #24 | down 1 |
| custom slug | #21 | #24 | down 1 |
| wordpress columns | #24 | #24 | down 3 |
| post slug | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
53 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 40 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “columns”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “admin” and “search” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 25 Dec 2025 · 313 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 561 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
8
releases in the last 12 months
8d ago
latest release · v3.0.3 · 26 Oct 2026
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 200.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 133 days.
Install history since 24 Dec 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Dhaval Vachhani10mo ago
This plugin really helped me save a lot of time on my client’s site, which had more than 10,000 posts. Searching by slug makes finding content fast and stress-free compared to the default WordPress search. The slug and ID columns are super helpful and don’t slow down the admin at all. Simple, lightweight, and a must-have for managing large WordPress sites.
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "who need", "use this").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 15 headings and 17 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,412 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 100+ → 200+ up after 93 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 90+ → 100+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-05-19 80+ → 90+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-05-06 70+ → 80+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 60+ → 70+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-04-04 50+ → 60+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-03-16 40+ → 50+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-03-03 30+ → 40+ up after 43 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Three Column Screen Layout 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Admin Search 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
WPC Admin Columns 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Columns 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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