Spotlightr
by Bill Zimmerman · Media
Video for Small Businesses & Big Ideas
61 health vs 71 average across 615 Media plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 528 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
174
now · peak 754
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 “200+”. 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
- 2025-09-28 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-27 200+ → 100+ down after 202 days in band
- 2025-03-09 100+ → 200+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-02-28 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-02-24 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-02-23 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-02-22 100+ → 200+ up after 32 days in band
- 2025-01-21 200+ → 100+ down after 9 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple YouTube Embed 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Aparat for WordPress 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/spotlightr" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Spotlightr — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Spotlightr: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/spotlightr