Update Message
by KaizenCoders · Uncategorized
Add an update box in posts.
46 health vs 67 average across 3,703 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3740 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
56
now · peak 180
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 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-02 20+ → 10+ down after 605 days in band
- 2024-02-05 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-04 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-03 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-02 20+ → 30+ up after 5 days in band
- 2024-01-28 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-01-27 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-01-24 30+ → 20+ down after 5 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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Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
- B Bulk Post Update Date 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
- P Public Post Preview Configurator 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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SEO Auto Linker 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C - S Share a Draft 3K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/update-message" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Update Message — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Update Message: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/update-message