Very Simple Google Analytics
by Roi Dayan · Analytics
Google analytics plugin
43 health vs 64 average across 625 Analytics 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4520 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
17
now · peak 85
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-07-11 60+ → 50+ down after 109 days in band
- 2026-03-24 70+ → 60+ down after 62 days in band
- 2026-01-21 80+ → 70+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-01-12 90+ → 80+ down after 21 days in band
- 2025-12-22 100+ → 90+ down after 736 days in band
- 2023-12-17 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-16 100+ → 200+ up after 1 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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CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - G Google Tag Manager 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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