The Permalinker
by Andy Stratton · Backup
Use short codes to dynamically link to your WordPress pages and posts. All you need is the ID. This can come in handy when developing content for Word …
59 health vs 82 average across 81 Backup plugins
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 581 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
29
now · peak 176
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-02 200+ → 100+ down after 517 days in band
- 2024-07-03 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in band
- 2024-06-25 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-06-24 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-06-22 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-06-21 300+ → 200+ down after 267 days in band
- 2023-09-28 400+ → 300+ down after 152 days in band
- 2023-04-29 500+ → 400+ down after 189 days in band
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