Spider Invasion!
by matthewbe · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 100+ installs across the portfolio →
Spiders invade your oldest posts. The older the post, the more spiders you get!
43 health vs 58 average across 24,972 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 3.5.2, 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
Most to gain: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4864 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 2024-09-26 · 728 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 23
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history · since 2026-09-23 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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).
- D DBD Mailto Encoder 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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Get User-Agents 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Data Diagrams: Visual Chart Editor for WordPress 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
WoPo Web Crawler 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag - B Bot Counter 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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