Easy Category Icons
by templatic1 · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Templatic Category Icons plugin adds the ability for your theme to be able to show a category icon in the sidebar and before the category title in …
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Health
F 39/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
600+
≈670 estimated
Momentum
+30%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “category icon” and “category title” 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.
39 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.9%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 21K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31, 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 2926 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.0.31; the current branch is 6.8
2.6★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 3.85★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2926 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| templatic your tag | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| category icon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category title your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “category icon” and “category title” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 210 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 66% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Mar 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ivaylo Tinchev3.7y ago
Should have been taken down from the repository long time ago.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ leolamanna6.5y ago
No icons on product category widget
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rijo Abraham7.0y ago
It doesn’t show on posts or in category archives. It just shows in Admin dashboard which is useless when the icon doesn’t show on your pages. This topic was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by Rijo Abraham.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ panjianom7.3y ago
Free support not available
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mohammad Amin7.5y ago
Good Plugin But I Find Bug. if Turn On WordPress Debug See notice In Category Widgets in Line 399 and 400 thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alphaandomega7.5y ago
Wp 5.1.1 using Creativo theme and WP Bakery simple circular images used as badges to represent different divisions of clients company…Images load and show in category list but nothing shows in posts or latest news grid. This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by alphaandomega.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ TheAzer8.1y ago
Like the title says, plugin doesn’t work. Font-awesome doens’t load and instead of image icon, only some square appears. Totally useless plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ faietdohrnii9.6y ago
I’ll think about adding my own icons since it can =) Superb !
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The Templatic Category Icons plugin adds the ability for your theme to be able to show a category icon in t..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 2 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,781 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-28 700+ → 600+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-15 700+ → 600+ down after 288 days in tier
- 2025-08-31 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-30 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-29 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-27 700+ → 800+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-08-22 800+ → 700+ down after 210 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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Custom Post Template By Templatic 700+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
Post Badges 400+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D - W WP Custom Category Meta 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
- N No Category Title 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
- C Category List Icon 10+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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Templatic-Google-AMP 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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