Sticky Postbox
by Enrico Sorcinelli · Admin & Utilities
Add sticky feature to administration meta boxes.
41 health vs 57 average across 1,505 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.12.
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 1465 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
17
now · peak 63
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-04 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-11-27 20+ → 30+ up after 20 days in band
- 2025-11-07 30+ → 20+ down after 53 days in band
- 2025-09-15 20+ → 30+ up after 315 days in band
- 2024-11-04 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-11-02 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-10-29 30+ → 20+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-10-25 20+ → 30+ up after 1 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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Remove Dashboard Access 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Sticky Posts – Switch 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D - D Dashboard Sticky Notes 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP Hide Dashboard 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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