Debug Bar Post Meta
by Taylor Dewey · Uncategorized
Very simple extention to the debug bar to get a list of post meta for the current post
45 health vs 56 average across 12,253 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 5049 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
12
now · peak 59
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,356 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-06 20+ → 10+ down after 720 days in tier
- 2022-12-17 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2022-12-11 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-12-10 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2022-12-03 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2022-11-29 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2022-11-26 20+ → 30+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2022-11-10 30+ → 20+ down after 16 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Ultimate Fields 600+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D - S Show Hidden Post Meta 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Secure Custom Fields 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Field Template 30K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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