Today's Date Inserter
by mulscully · Uncategorized
Simply and quickly add the current date and or time to your wordpress posts or pages using a shortcode Date widget also included
45 health vs 56 average across 16,376 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4393 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
110
now · peak 169
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2021-08-17 · 1,421 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ma Manann10.7y ago
Warning: Illegal string offset ‘format’ in /home/…./public_html/wp-content/plugins/todays-date-inserter/lfo-todays-date-inserter.php on line 79
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ shogunreaper10.8y ago
Plugin worked as expected, but it broke WP-Statistic’s time, instead of being on the timezone i set on the forum it was 5 hours behind.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Eric Karkovack10.9y ago
Needed something to easily show the current month on a WordPress page. Without the ability to directly edit the template, this plugin came in very handy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jtorres_mora12.1y ago
A complete solution for who wants to see the dates as needed. Thanks for the developer for this useful work. Sure, five stars!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wpku12312.2y ago
Thanks for developer who developes this great plugin. It helps me. Simple but useful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webscathe12.3y ago
Great little plug-in, does exactly what it says. Simple and effective.
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.
- Medium · 6.4 Today's Date Inserter <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-02 CVE-2025-48103 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.1 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-28 700+ → 600+ down after 107 days in tier
- 2026-05-13 800+ → 700+ down after 92 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 900+ → 800+ down after 104 days in tier
- 2025-10-29 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-28 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-27 1K+ → 900+ down after 559 days in tier
- 2024-04-16 2K+ → 1K+ 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).
- D Date Tool 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D
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EZ current date — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP Meta and Date Remover 90K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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Hide/Remove Metadata 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Shortcode for Current Date 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B - B Bulk Post Update Date 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C
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