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U.S. Debt Clock Widget

by Chris Hardie · Uncategorized

Also makes 2 other plugins · 300+ installs across the portfolio →

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This plugin creates a widget displaying the most recently available amount of the U.S. National Debt.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
54 Health · D
Maintenance 24/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

54 health vs 56 average across 16,379 Uncategorized plugins

100+

Active installs

≈190 estimated

6.2K

Total downloads

since 2014

4.12★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+60%

56

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

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.

67 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 34/100
WP compatibility 88/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 744 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+60% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

56

now · peak 124

5630d downloads · Aug 26

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

U.S. Debt Clock Widg · #15860 you Money Manager · #11803 One Click Demo Impor · #60 Ocean Extra · #130

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

560per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

2.0y ago

latest release · v1.6

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.6 · 2.0y ago1.5 · 6.4y ago1.4 · 7.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.6 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-07-10 · 1,388 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.6
Last updated
2.0y ago
Added
2014-11-02 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
2.8
Tested up to
6.6.7
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ hawkeeye
    1.8y ago

    This is both useful and easy to configure. My only suggestion would be to allow more formatting so that you can match or deviate from your website default.

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  2. ★★★★★ scottistrand
    5.0y ago

    Great plugin for my gold website.. Thanks!

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  3. ★★★★★ g3jedi
    11.1y ago

    Great product. Plugin works perfectly. Down right now because of the US Treasury Department’s inability to format data correctly but that’s only temporary. Nothing else out there like this. Can be configured for custom feeds with a little php background. 5 stars for functionality and simplicity.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2023-04-29 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
  2. 2023-04-25 100+ → 200+ up after 10 days in tier
  3. 2023-04-15 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2023-04-14 100+ → 200+ up after 130 days in tier
  5. 2022-12-05 200+ → 100+ down

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