Genesis – Upper Right Make It Bright
by Alex · Admin & Utilities
This plugin enables a widget area above the header on most Genesis Themes. Note: This requires a Genesis Child Theme to work.
41 health vs 55 average across 2,040 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, 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 2416 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
131
now · peak 186
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-10-14 30+ → 20+ down after 441 days in band
- 2023-07-31 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2023-07-28 50+ → 40+ down after 16 days in band
- 2023-07-12 60+ → 50+ down after 185 days in band
- 2023-01-08 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-01-06 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-01-05 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
- 2023-01-02 60+ → 70+ up after 50 days in band
Competes with
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Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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