TLDR
by Matthew Barby · Uncategorized
Increase leads whilst offering a better user experience to your readers with concise post summaries.
46 health vs 57 average across 9,447 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3762 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
26
now · peak 70
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-10 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-07 30+ → 40+ up after 63 days in band
- 2025-10-05 40+ → 30+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-09-28 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-26 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-09-21 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-19 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-18 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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