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Super Simple jQuery Parallax Background

by tommygeorge · Uncategorized

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For themes with background images, creates a parallax effect when scrolling. Super simple; no configuration. Just works.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 81/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 56 average across 16,379 Uncategorized plugins

300+

Active installs

≈370 estimated

20.0K

Total downloads

since 2014

4.22★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 5 reviews

+22%

121

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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.

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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4541 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+22% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

121

now · peak 194

12130d downloads · Aug 26

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

Super Simple jQuery · #10588 you Advanced WordPress B · #1045 Simple Full Screen B · #2080 Media Focus Point · #2846

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.

403per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈370

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2020-10-21 · 1,386 observations

300Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 5 reviews

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5★
5 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
12.4y ago
Added
2014-03-25 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.8.1
Tested up to
3.7.41
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ wp-yeyo
    11.9y 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. 😉

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  2. ★★★★★ Bhuwan Bdr. Rokaha
    12.1y ago

    Awesome plugin! Thank you for a good job. Looking forward with some setting for effect in next version.

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  3. ★★★★★ Mary
    12.1y ago

    🙂

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  4. ★★★★★ Sean Davis
    12.4y ago

    It gets the job done just as it should…. and it’s super lightweight. Perfect.

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  5. ★★★★★ tommygeorge
    12.4y 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.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-12-01 400+ → 300+ down after 9 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-22 300+ → 400+ up after 29 days in tier
  3. 2025-10-24 400+ → 300+ down after 369 days in tier
  4. 2024-10-20 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
  5. 2024-10-18 400+ → 500+ up after 9 days in tier
  6. 2024-10-09 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-10-08 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2024-10-07 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier

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