URL Params
by Jeremy B. Shapiro · Uncategorized
Short Code to grab any URL parameter from the Query String and display it or display conditional content.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “8K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-08 · 1,383 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-01 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-31 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 416 days in band
- 2024-12-10 10K+ → 9K+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Custom Permalinks 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Performance Score Booster – Optimize Speed, Enable Cache & Page Preload 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Page Redirect 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Shortcode Redirect 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/url-params" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="URL Params — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> URL Params: 8K+ active installs, 5.0★ (37 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/url-params