Suffusion Shortcodes
by Sayontan Sinha · Uncategorized
The Suffusion theme used to be armed with a bunch of shortcodes prior to version 4.4.8.
47 health vs 65 average across 4,088 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 4.4.34, 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 3798 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
124
now · peak 432
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-11-09 300+ → 200+ down after 13 days in band
- 2025-10-27 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-25 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-24 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-22 300+ → 200+ down after 614 days in band
- 2024-02-16 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-02-14 300+ → 400+ up after 9 days in band
- 2024-02-05 400+ → 300+ down after 3 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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Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements 400K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Column Shortcodes 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D -
Apollo13 Framework Extensions 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
ND Shortcodes 20K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag C -
Futurio Extra 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Meks Flexible Shortcodes 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C
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