Theme YAML – Use YAML instead JSON for your theme.json settings and styles
by landwire · Uncategorized
Theme Yaml converts your theme.yaml file into theme.json so that you can configure your theme with YAML
48 health vs 61 average across 5,909 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 1029 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
17
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
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-11-28 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-11-27 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-11-25 20+ → 10+ down after 51 days in band
- 2023-10-05 10+ → 20+ up after 9 days in band
- 2023-09-26 20+ → 10+ down after 295 days in band
- 2022-12-05 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in band
- 2022-12-03 20+ → 10+ down after 51 days in band
- 2022-10-13 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple Custom CSS Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C - E Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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