Today In History
by bdoga · Social
Today In History provides a simple widget that displays notable events that have occurred previously on this day in history.
42 health vs 62 average across 392 Social 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 5004 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
19
now · peak 64
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 “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 · 1,366 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-08-20 20+ → 10+ down after 66 days in band
- 2024-06-15 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-06-11 20+ → 10+ down after 22 days in band
- 2024-05-20 10+ → 20+ up after 5 days in band
- 2024-05-15 20+ → 10+ down after 159 days in band
- 2023-12-08 10+ → 20+ up after 131 days in band
- 2023-07-30 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
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BuddyPress 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/today-in-history" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Today In History — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Today In History: 10+ active installs, 1.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/today-in-history