Sticky Posts Expire
by Mubeen Khan · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 130+ installs across the portfolio →
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 56 average across 16,378 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 5.8.15.
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 1342 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
80
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,386 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ staipa5.7y ago
Almost done, It works with old editor but not with Gutenberg. I will add last starr if the problem will solved
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 5 at 90% or more · development strings
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-09-14 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-09-10 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-09 200+ → 100+ down after 310 days in tier
- 2023-11-04 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-03 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-02 100+ → 200+ up
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).
- 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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