SyntaxHighlighter Evolved: Yaml Brush
by tedivm · Uncategorized
Adds support for the Yaml language to the SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin.
45 health vs 59 average across 6,740 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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 4294 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
119
now · peak 169
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 “70+”. 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
- 2026-06-23 60+ → 70+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-06-18 70+ → 60+ down after 22 days in band
- 2026-05-27 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-23 70+ → 60+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-05-14 60+ → 70+ up after 37 days in band
- 2026-04-07 70+ → 60+ down after 124 days in band
- 2025-12-04 60+ → 70+ up after 20 days in band
- 2025-11-14 70+ → 60+ down after 270 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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Static Site Exporter 500+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Theme YAML – Use YAML instead JSON for your theme.json settings and styles 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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