Smart Category Ordering
by tierrainnovation · Uncategorized
Allows you to alphabetize categories by post title, by trimming leading text, by post date.
41 health vs 60 average across 6,189 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.5, 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 5642 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
51
now · peak 157
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-04-30 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-04-25 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-04-20 50+ → 40+ down after 246 days in band
- 2024-08-17 60+ → 50+ down after 130 days in band
- 2024-04-09 70+ → 60+ down
Competes with
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Category Archives Block 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Category Archive Widget 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Remove Archive Label 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - C Category Archives 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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