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by Greg Ross · Admin & Utilities

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Smart Previous Next - Adds smart previous/next buttons to the editor, supports both Classic and Gutenberg!

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews

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54 Health · D

Maintenance 36/100

Rating quality 62/100

Support 70/100

54 health vs 54 average across 2,250 Admin & Utilities plugins

20+

Active installs

≈26 estimated

2.1K

Total downloads

since 2021

3.49★

Rating (adjusted)

1.0★ raw · 2 reviews

-25%

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

60 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 44/100

WP compatibility 100/100

Rating quality 50/100

Listing tuning 52/100

To rank higher: Last updated 602 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-25% vs prior 30d

Oct 22

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

now · peak 148

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

Smart Prev Next · #26395 Hostinger Tools · #20 Loginizer · #43 Maintenance · #59

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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate

20–30 ≈26

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 180 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,372 observations

Ratings · 2 reviews

Details

Version: 1.6
Last updated: 1.6y ago
Added: 2021-03-18 · 5 yrs on WP
Requires WP: 3.5
Tested up to: 6.7.5
Requires PHP: 7.0

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Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

2026-02-21 10+ → 20+ up after 855 days in band
2023-10-20 — → 10+ up

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Smart Prev Next: 20+ active installs, 1.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/smart-prev-next