Unicode Character Keyboard
by Terry O'Brien (HoosierDragon) · Admin & Utilities
Admin widget on the Write Post or Write Page forms for inserting HTML encodings of Unicode characters into the edit window.
45 health vs 54 average across 2,452 Admin & Utilities 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3901 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
24
now · peak 83
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-09 50+ → 40+ down after 80 days in band
- 2026-03-21 60+ → 50+ down after 16 days in band
- 2026-03-05 70+ → 60+ down after 33 days in band
- 2026-01-31 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-29 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-26 80+ → 70+ down after 44 days in band
- 2025-12-13 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-12 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in band
Competes with
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/unicode-character-keyboard" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Unicode Character Keyboard — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Unicode Character Keyboard: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/unicode-character-keyboard