TinyMCE Emoticons
by Byte Labs · Uncategorized
TinyMCE Emoticons plugin helps to add emoticons in posts and pages easily.
42 health vs 56 average across 12,106 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 4162 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
27
now · peak 86
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-01 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-26 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-22 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-21 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-19 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-02-13 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-09 100+ → 200+ up after 18 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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TinyMCE Smiley Button 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
wp-Monalisa 700+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B - M Moods Addon for Ultimate TinyMCE 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- K Kaskus Emoticons 20+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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Convert Emoticons Font Awesome 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D - C Custom Smilies Directory 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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