SQL Executioner

by Justin Watt · Uncategorized

Also makes 3 other plugins · 2.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

Execute arbitrary SQL queries against your WordPress database from the Admin.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned

Health

D 47/100

Stale · Likely abandoned

Active installs

2K+

≈2.5K estimated

Momentum

+23%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Under-ranked on “dba”. wp.org puts you #16; on merit you place #3. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.

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47 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 82/100

Support 70/100

47 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins

2K+

Active installs

≈2.5K estimated

55.7K

Total downloads

since 2012 · 3.6% still active

4.3/5

Rating

4.6 on wp.org · 11 reviews

+23%

485

Downloads · 30d

category median +8%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

3.6%

of downloads still active

At least 2K of 55.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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

63/100

Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, well behind 6.8.

Ratings · 11 reviews

Details

Version: 1.4
Last updated: 10.1y ago
Added: 2012-11-12 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.0
Tested up to: 4.6.30
Requires PHP: —

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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.

40 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 3685 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 7/100

Tested up to WordPress 4.6.30; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 65/100

4.6★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 4.19★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 3685 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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
dba your tag	#16	#3	0
mysql your tag	Not in the top 24
phpmyadmin your tag	Not in the top 24
query your tag	Not in the top 24
sql 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

Under-ranked on “dba”. wp.org puts you #16; on merit you place #3. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
“mysql”, “phpmyadmin” and “query” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+23% vs prior 30d

031 Oct 2026

40200

031 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 495 · peaks are release surges

48931 Oct 2026

5002500

48931 Oct 2026

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

SQL Executioner · #4787youSM · #31867SQLog · #38818WP phpMyAdmin · #829

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.631 Oct 2026

52.50

4.631 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

4731 Oct 2026

604530

4731 Oct 2026

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

24531 Oct 2026

2501250

24531 Oct 2026

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 98%

v1.2 2%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

2K–3K ≈2.5K

Crossed into this band 2.3 years 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 27 May 2015

2K31 Oct 2026

5K2.5K0

2K31 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ neilturn
5.3y ago

Haven’t tested more than that, but it still does in 2021. Nice.
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★★★★★ herchen
7.3y ago

I use this plugin on a daily basis to run quick queries in the database while developing. Very very helpful!!!
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★★★★★ br3wow
8.7y ago

It is a great help!
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★★★★★ Olar Marius
10.1y ago

This plugin seems to me simple but very useful. This topic was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by Olar Marius.
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★★★★★ thelonesgroup
10.5y ago

Thanks for making this handy tool.
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★★★★★ xpil
10.5y ago

This is a great general purpose plug-in. Unfortunately it is incompatible with Xenial Xerxus (or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS if you wish) – I had to remove it via command line as it was crashing my blog after OS upgrade. Will definitely reinstall once the issue is fixed.
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★★★★★ jgroenen
12.0y ago

Great tool to run your sql queries, two enhancement request to make it even better! 1) A way to save your queries, so you can run them later. 2) A way to mail the output on a given schedule. Hope that will be possible in the future. Jan
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★★★★★ Bob
13.0y ago

This great plugin has helped me several times when supporting my customers. Well done!
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✓ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✓ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

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

3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
! 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 648 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "DBA", "query" do not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

2024-07-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
2024-07-03 2K+ → 3K+ up after 21 days in tier
2024-06-12 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1674 days in tier
2019-11-12 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1302 days in tier
2016-04-19 5K+ → 4K+ down after 328 days in tier
2015-05-27 7K+ → 5K+ down

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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