UK tides – heights and times
by bobbingwide · Blocks
Also makes 15 other plugins · 6.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Tide heights and times for UK ports and harbours
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Health
C 64/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈100 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “block” for “tide”. “block” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tide” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
64 health vs 71 average across 2,523 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 12.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,578 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 443 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 443 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tide heights | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| tide times your tag | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| uk tides | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| tides | #3 | #8 | 0 |
| tide | #4 | #8 | 0 |
| tides plugin | #4 | #9 | down 1 |
| block your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| heights your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| uk your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “block” for “tide”. “block” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tide” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.2y ago
latest release · v3.3.2 · 14 Aug 2025
21
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 88% 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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 26 days ago and the previous band took 24 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 100.
Install history since 16 Dec 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Dave12.0y ago
This plugin does exactly what it says it will do, and does it very well. However, it would be especially nice if it could be customised a bit.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 5 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,638 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-05 100+ → 90+ down after 711 days in tier
- 2024-10-24 90+ → 100+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2024-10-03 100+ → 90+ down after 98 days in tier
- 2024-06-27 90+ → 100+ up after 50 days in tier
- 2024-05-08 100+ → 90+ down after 129 days in tier
- 2023-12-31 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-30 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
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