Theme Companion
by Frumph · Uncategorized
This plugin is used to assist in designing sites without editing the original style.css
41 health vs 64 average across 4,266 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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 4274 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
57
now · peak 150
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
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
- 2026-07-15 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-14 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-07-11 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-10 100+ → 90+ down after 12 days in band
- 2026-06-28 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-27 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Theme Editor 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - T TJ Custom CSS 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- C Custom CSS Manager 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Classic Editor 9M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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