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
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
600+
≈680 estimated
Momentum
n/a
no downloads in the prior 30 days to compare with
Biggest opportunity: “current date”, “current day” and “current month” 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.
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.0%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 12K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4459 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.9.40; the current branch is 7.1
4.3★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4459 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| current date your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| current day your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| current month your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| date your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| todays date your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “current date”, “current day” and “current month” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 169 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Crossed into this band 8 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 700.
Install history since 17 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ma Manann10.9y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ shogunreaper11.0y 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 Karkovack11.1y 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_mora12.3y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ wpku12312.3y ago
Thanks for developer who developes this great plugin. It helps me. Simple but useful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webscathe12.5y ago
Great little plug-in, does exactly what it says. Simple and effective.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.2.1). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open 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 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.
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Simply and quickly add the current date and or time to your wordpress posts or pages using a shortcode Date..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,116 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("current day", "current month", "todays date" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-26 700+ → 600+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2026-09-29 600+ → 700+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2026-09-09 700+ → 600+ down after 119 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 561 days in tier
- 2024-04-16 2K+ → 1K+ down after 560 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 3K+ → 2K+ 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
- T Today's Date 80+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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EZ current date — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - W WP Meta and Date Remover 80K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B
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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
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