Storymaps
by uiux · Uncategorized
StoryMapJS by Knight Lab is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events.
45 health vs 56 average across 12,413 Uncategorized 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3941 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
52
now · peak 115
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-03-06 60+ → 50+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2025-02-24 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-23 60+ → 50+ down after 291 days in tier
- 2024-05-08 70+ → 60+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2024-05-03 60+ → 70+ up after 74 days in tier
- 2024-02-19 70+ → 60+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2024-02-14 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-02-10 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Easy Google Maps 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Gmap Block 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Five Star Business Profile and Schema 7K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Kikote – Location Picker at Checkout & Google Address AutoFill Plugin for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Meks Easy Maps 900+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/storymaps" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Storymaps — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Storymaps: 50+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/storymaps