Sortable Sticky Posts
by Aaron Brazell · Uncategorized
Adds drag and drop Sticky Post sorting to the Settings > Reading Page. WordPress likes to store Stickies in order they were stickied.
43 health vs 56 average across 10,932 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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 4825 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
53
now · peak 165
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 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-09 30+ → 20+ down after 112 days in band
- 2026-02-17 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-15 30+ → 20+ down after 25 days in band
- 2026-01-21 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-20 30+ → 20+ down after 416 days in band
- 2024-11-30 40+ → 30+ down after 21 days in band
- 2024-11-09 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-08 40+ → 30+ down after 652 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- E Expire Sticky Posts 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Popular Posts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Public Post Preview 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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