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SQL Executioner

by Justin Watt · Uncategorized

Also makes 2 other plugins · 2.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

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

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 82/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

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 9+ 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.

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

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 7/100
Rating quality 65/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3621 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+61% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

400

now · peak 495

40830d downloads · Aug 26

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 · #4746 you SM · #36465 SQLog · #38818 WP phpMyAdmin · #796

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.6Stars · Aug 26

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.

204per 1k installs · Aug 26

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 ≈2.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-03-21 · 1,437 observations

2KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.4
Last updated
9.9y ago
Added
2012-11-12 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
4.6.30
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. neilturn
    5.1y ago

    Haven’t tested more than that, but it still does in 2021. Nice.

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  2. herchen
    7.1y 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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  3. br3wow
    8.6y ago

    It is a great help!

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  4. Olar Marius
    9.9y 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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  5. thelonesgroup
    10.3y ago

    Thanks for making this handy tool.

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  6. xpil
    10.3y 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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  7. jgroenen
    11.8y 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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  8. Bob
    12.8y 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

  1. Version 1.4 Added CSV export format (hat tip: olarmarius) 1.4
  2. Version 1.3 Updated to work with PHP 7 1.3
  3. Version 1.2 Cleaned code up to submit to WP Plugin Repo Wrapped functions in class 1.2
  4. Version 1.1 Add wp_nonce_field check, minor code cleanup 1.1
  5. Version 1.0 Initial version 1.0

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-07-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2024-07-03 2K+ → 3K+ up after 21 days in tier
  3. 2024-06-12 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

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