TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables you to build visually-rich interactive timelines and is available in 40 languages.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
-36%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “journalism tool”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 5.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,782 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 4.3.34, well behind 7.1.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4032 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4032 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
40
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 18d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 18d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| timelinejs your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| knight labs your tag | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| journalism tool your tag | #15 | #10 | 0 |
| timeline your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| timelines your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “journalism tool”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “timeline” and “timelines” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 154 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 17 months ago; the previous band took 20 months to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.
Install history since 27 May 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ romano210.5y ago
Excellent, but, too bad we can not get dates before 1910…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ VilaRestal10.5y ago
I just tried this on a site and have no complaints. It’s simple to implement, has a good range of options with the built in custom fields and looks really professional.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alderac11.1y ago
This plugin is wonderful! Very easy to use, and it pulls the formatting right from your website’s existing CSS. Timeline events are as easy to create as a blog post, and you can even use blog categories to create timelines quickly and painlessly. Also, developer has been very responsive about questions or feedback.
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables you to build visually-rich interactive timelines and is avai..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 714 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "journalism tool", "knight labs" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-03 90+ → 100+ up after 599 days in tier
- 2023-10-13 100+ → 90+ down
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).
- J Jeba Horizontal Timeline 10+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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Timeline Block – tell your story with elegant timelines 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Timeline – Tell Your Story Through Events and Milestones 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Post Timeline 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Timeline Express – Single Column Add-On 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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