SOPA Blackout Plugin
by Ben Welch-bolen · Uncategorized
This plugin allows you to set SOPA blackout dates for your WordPress website. SEO friendly plus easy options to configure how often it's shown.
41 health vs 56 average across 12,558 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5295 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
24
now · peak 52
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,366 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-01 30+ → 20+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 20+ → 30+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2026-02-05 30+ → 20+ down after 56 days in tier
- 2025-12-11 20+ → 30+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-12-05 30+ → 20+ down after 124 days in tier
- 2025-08-03 20+ → 30+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-07-29 30+ → 20+ down after 396 days in tier
- 2024-06-28 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S Stop SOPA 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Amazon Images 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
- G Go Dark 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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