The Future Is Now

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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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 36% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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

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.

1. ★★★★★ baritono

   3mo ago

   don’t work, update please

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2. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   3.5y ago

   I’ve been using this for years and it was great for my purposes, but agree that now using gutenberg editor, posts are marked future, so the plugin is no longer working.

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3. ★★★★★ 7am

   4.8y ago

   I liked this plugin. But it seems not working any longer. Too bad.

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4. ★★★★★ mariken

   6.5y ago

   If you just need a simple and light-weight solution for your events, this is the way to go. If your theme or page-builder does not give you the option to change the order of the future posts/events, do add ‘reorder post’ plugin, and you might also need ‘exclude from blog’.

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5. ★★★★★ certainlyakey

   8.6y ago

   Does what it says without much trouble or overhead.

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6. ★★★★★ Jakob Helmer

   9.1y ago

   <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>still works! even after 10 years! really happy with that, because our site is less or more depending on this small plugin …</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by Jakob Helmer.

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7. ★★★★★ sridhar.kadali

   10.0y ago

   excellent

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8. ★★★★★ miquelinos

   10.0y ago

   Es justo lo que buscaba

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-12-03 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1073 days in tier
2. 2022-12-26 3K+ → 2K+ down

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).

• Reading Time WP 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP Missed Schedule Posts 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Bulk Datetime Change 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• The Events Calendar 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A

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The Future Is Now: 1K+ active installs, 4.7★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/the-future-is-now