Static Feed
by Angelo Mandato · Content & Feeds
Improve the performance of your site by serving your feeds as static (XML) files.
45 health vs 65 average across 307 Content & Feeds 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2, 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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5993 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
30
now · peak 67
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-05 100+ → 90+ down after 316 days in band
- 2025-01-23 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-01-21 80+ → 90+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-01-14 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-13 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-12 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-11 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-10 70+ → 80+ up after 45 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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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
RSS Includes Pages 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
RSS Redirect & Feedburner Alternative 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C - R RSS Just Better 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- F Feed Template Customize 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- W WP Pubsubhubbub 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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