There Can Be Only One
by Alex · Uncategorized
Ensures that there is only one published sticky post on the site at any given time.
45 health vs 59 average across 6,742 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 4.1.42, 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 4160 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
22
now · peak 77
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-26 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-25 40+ → 50+ up after 8 days in band
- 2026-06-17 50+ → 40+ down after 36 days in band
- 2026-05-12 40+ → 50+ up after 41 days in band
- 2026-04-01 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-03-28 40+ → 50+ up after 14 days in band
- 2026-03-14 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-03-10 40+ → 50+ up after 10 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- E Expire Sticky Posts 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Sticky Posts Expire 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Popular Posts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C
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