Sticky Posts Expire
by Mubeen Khan · Uncategorized
A simple plugin that allows you to set an expiration date on posts. Once a post is expired, it will no longer be sticky.
45 health vs 63 average across 4,722 Uncategorized 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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 1297 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
58
now · peak 170
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 “100+”. 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
- 2024-09-14 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-09-10 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-09 200+ → 100+ down after 310 days in band
- 2023-11-04 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-11-03 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-11-02 100+ → 200+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- E Expire Sticky Posts 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- S Simple Post Expiration 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Popular Posts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C
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