Theme YAML – Use YAML instead JSON for your theme.json settings and styles
by landwire · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Theme Yaml converts your theme.yaml file into theme.json so that you can configure your theme with YAML
47 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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 1074 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
38
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.9y ago
latest release · v1.3.0
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,383 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Gyurmey3.5y ago
Works really well!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jakob Wiens4.4y ago
This plugin comes in pretty handy when developing block themes – since handling an ever-growing theme.json file really sucks and you can’t even use basic features like comments, etc. But no more, with “Theme YAML” i can finally write and maintain readable global styles and theme settings without a hassle 🙂 Very easy to use, there are no settings: Just install, activate and you’re basically good to go!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-11-28 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-27 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-11-25 20+ → 10+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2023-10-05 10+ → 20+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2023-09-26 20+ → 10+ down after 295 days in tier
- 2022-12-05 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2022-12-03 20+ → 10+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2022-10-13 10+ → 20+ up
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).
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All In One Favicon 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
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