The Taxonomy Sort
by Risto Niinemets · Uncategorized
Allows you to easily change the order of different taxonomies/terms/categories.
45 health vs 58 average across 8,139 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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 3312 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
24
now · peak 85
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 70+ up after 12 days in band
- 2026-06-28 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-27 60+ → 70+ up after 7 days in band
- 2026-06-20 70+ → 60+ down after 191 days in band
- 2025-12-11 80+ → 70+ down after 212 days in band
- 2025-05-13 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-12 80+ → 90+ up after 11 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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JSM Show Term Metadata 900+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Bulk Add Terms 800+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Beautiful taxonomy filters 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Bulk Term Generator – Import multiple tags, categories, and taxonomies easily 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Enhanced Category Pages 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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