Ultimate WP REST API
by egany · Uncategorized
An awesome WordPress plugin to extend the WordPress APIs like Menu, Featured/Thumb Images, JWT Authentication & caching...
47 health vs 58 average across 7,898 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 2765 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
51
now · peak 150
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 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-11 20+ → 10+ down after 26 days in band
- 2025-04-15 10+ → 20+ up after 15 days in band
- 2025-03-31 20+ → 10+ down after 370 days in band
- 2024-03-26 30+ → 20+ down after 208 days in band
- 2023-08-31 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in band
- 2023-08-22 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-08-20 40+ → 30+ down after 119 days in band
- 2023-04-23 50+ → 40+ down after 140 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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JWT Authentication for WP REST API 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
REST API Helper 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - A API Bearer Auth 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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Simple REST API Authenticaton with WooCommerce Credentials 60+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag D -
Disable REST API 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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