Super Simple jQuery Parallax Background
by tommygeorge · Uncategorized
For themes with background images, creates a parallax effect when scrolling. Super simple; no configuration. Just works.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
-12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “background”, “image” and “parallax” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,764 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 20.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4605 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.7.41; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4605 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| paralax your tag | #6 | #4 | 0 |
| background your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| parallax your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| simple your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “background”, “image” and “parallax” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 194 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Oct 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ wp-yeyo12.1y ago
Thanks to this plugin helped me to fix the display of parallax images in mozilla firefox. Didn’t know how to fix it, and thanks to this plugin all is solved. 😉
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bhuwan Bdr. Rokaha12.2y ago
Awesome plugin! Thank you for a good job. Looking forward with some setting for effect in next version.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mary12.2y ago
🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sean Davis12.6y ago
It gets the job done just as it should…. and it’s super lightweight. Perfect.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tommygeorge12.6y ago
I wrote this plugin. I’m writing this review. I gave it 5 stars. Hope that doesn’t offend you. — Just getting us off to a start. I believe that this plugin does a great job of doing exactly what it says it does on the label.
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "For themes with background images, creates a parallax effect when scrolling. Super simple; no configuration..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 522 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "paralax" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-01 400+ → 300+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 300+ → 400+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2025-10-24 400+ → 300+ down after 369 days in tier
- 2024-10-20 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-10-18 400+ → 500+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2024-10-09 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-08 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-07 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
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).
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Advanced WordPress Backgrounds 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Full Screen Background Image 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Media Focus Point 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Parallax Scroll by adamrob.co.uk 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Simplelightbox 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Imsanity 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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