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USGS Steam Flow Data

by Chris Kindred · Uncategorized

This plugin uses shortcodes so you can get the USGS river flow data for a site location. It also includes a easy to use Site Code Search.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
49 Health · D
Maintenance 6/100
Rating quality 82/100
Support 70/100

49 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

45/100

Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.

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.

53 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 13/100
WP compatibility 53/100
Rating quality 58/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1252 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

+71% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

53

now · peak 213

5330d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank

wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better

16KRank · Jul 26

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.

530per 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

3.4y ago

latest release · v23.03.01

38

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

23.03.01 · 3.4y ago22.05.01 · 4.3y ago22.04.01 · 4.4y ago21.11.04 · 4.8y ago21.11.03 · 4.8y ago21.11.02 · 4.8y ago21.11.01 · 4.8y ago21.05.01 · 5.3y ago20.10.01 · 5.9y ago20.08.02 · 6.0y ago20.08.01 · 6.0y ago2.8 · 6.9y ago2.7 · 7.9y ago2.6.4 · 8.3y ago

What its installed base runs

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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.

v23.03 100%

Estimated active installs

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

modeled estimate
100–200 ≈140

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2020-10-24 · 1,382 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.

Details

Version
23.03.01
Last updated
3.4y ago
Added
2013-11-29 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
5.5
Tested up to
6.2.11
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent reviews

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  1. Kevin
    5.2y ago

    Thanks for the dedication. It works great! We fly fish the Mighty Mo in Montana!

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  2. ahinerfeld
    7.8y ago

    I am supporting a web site for a National River Trail and I have been looking for an easy way to incorporate USGS Stream Flow data in to the site. This very simple plugin does exactly what I need. Well done sir.

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  3. ascii122
    9.4y ago

    Very handy and easy to look up codes. I wish there were more sensors in our area but we have the big rivers. Thanks a lot

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  4. kschrader
    11.5y ago

    Great plugin! Easy to use and support is very responsive. Plus it mainly pulls styling from the theme so it doesn’t clash with your design. Very nice! [Moderated] Thanks again! [Moderator note: Please don’t embed links in reviews]

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  5. Lucky Sultz
    12.1y ago

    Chris, Thanks for the great plugin. Just what I needed. I run a website for the Flathead Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited and I use this plugin to present local streamflow data to our members and friends in a quick and easy-to-use format. Flathead Valley TU I worked collecting streamflow data of the USGS for more than 30 years and greatly appreciate their dedication in presenting this data to the public. USGS has a great streamflow website, but sometimes pulling up the entire site for a streamgage is a bit of overkill. This plugin boils the data down to just the essentials and allows me to present the data in a format that is both fast and easy to understand. This plugin makes it very easy to access streamflow and stage information for fishing, floating, kayaking and other recreational uses. Thanks again for your work. [Moderator note: Please don’t embed links in reviews]

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  6. Chris Kindred
    12.4y ago

    At least I better think it is… I am the person who wrote it. I actually just list out the 4 or 5 local places I fish to quickly check out the water and help decide where to head out to that day. Sure beats bookmarking the different USGS Locations and then going to each one individually.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1

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

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USGS Steam Flow Data: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/usgs-stream-flow-data