Scheduled Slides for Soliloquy
by James Laws · Media
Also makes 3 other plugins · 470+ installs across the portfolio →
Scheduled Slides let's you set a date range for individual Soliloquy slides so they don't appear before or after.
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈65 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “expiration”, “schedule” and “slider” 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.
42 health vs 62 average across 3,291 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 7.3K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,322 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4953 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
3.2★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.02★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4953 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| soliloquy your tag | #18 | #16 | 0 |
| expiration your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| schedule your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| slides your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “expiration”, “schedule” and “slider” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 184 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
13.6y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 11 Apr 2013
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ murrayac12.4y ago
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Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Abel Rogers12.9y ago
Does what it says on the tin! Nothing more, nothing less. That’s my kinda plugin! Not bloated, overcomplicated and buggy. Thanks, saved me a few days of not having to do this myself for a customer.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ meccub13.3y ago
Edit: This plugin no longer works with the Soliloquy 2.0 update. No begin/end date fields appear on a slide’s meta page. Loved this plugin prior to update. Here’s hoping it’s updated. Original Post: Simple, but does what it is supposed to. Plugin would be five stars if it allowed you to set a time in addition to the date.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ velograph13.4y ago
The only other thing I could ask for would be setting a time as well. That way I can have the slider show at 8:00am at the same time my post goes live. Currently I’m just setting my posts to 12:00am for seamless awesomeness. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bbg13.5y ago
Not happy with this plugin. Worked fine for a couple of weeks then wouldn’t allow me to add nes slides or edit existing ones. Found out the it is in chrome that it doesn’t work. Works fine in IE and firefox. The author is non responsive. Went to plugin website for resulotion but in order to ask a question you must open a ticket. But to start a ticket you must pay $9.00. I already paid for the plugin.
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Scheduled Slides let's you set a date range for individual Soliloquy slides so they don't appear before or..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 483 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ 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
- 2026-03-10 70+ → 60+ down after 363 days in tier
- 2025-03-12 80+ → 70+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-03-07 70+ → 80+ up after 36 days in tier
- 2025-01-30 80+ → 70+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2025-01-15 70+ → 80+ up after 144 days in tier
- 2024-08-24 80+ → 70+ down after 111 days in tier
- 2024-05-05 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-05-03 80+ → 70+ down after 1 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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