The Publisher Desk – Ads
by PublisherDesk · Uncategorized
Gutenberg Block for Inserting TPD Ad Placements.
42 health vs 56 average across 11,467 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.12.
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 1340 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
20
now · peak 75
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-04-08 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-04-06 20+ → 10+ down after 16 days in band
- 2023-03-21 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-03-20 20+ → 10+ down after 32 days in band
- 2023-02-16 30+ → 20+ down after 16 days in band
- 2023-01-31 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in band
- 2023-01-22 50+ → 40+ down after 42 days in band
- 2022-12-11 60+ → 50+ down after 24 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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AdRotate Banner Manager 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Quads Ads Manager for Google AdSense 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Actirise – Advertising & Monetization 200+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ads.txt Manager 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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