Stratus
by leemartin · Uncategorized
Stratus is a jQuery powered SoundCloud player that lives at the bottom (or top) of your website or blog.
45 health vs 57 average across 8,966 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4, 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 5229 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
48
now · peak 163
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-04 40+ → 30+ down after 280 days in band
- 2025-04-30 50+ → 40+ down after 78 days in band
- 2025-02-11 40+ → 50+ up after 11 days in band
- 2025-01-31 50+ → 40+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-01-24 40+ → 50+ up after 120 days in band
- 2024-09-26 50+ → 40+ down after 134 days in band
- 2024-05-15 60+ → 50+ down after 128 days in band
- 2024-01-08 70+ → 60+ down after 2 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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Meks Audio Player 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
TechGasp Sound Master 500+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags F -
Retro Winamp Block 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - H hearthis.at 100+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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DEL Embed for Bandcamp 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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