VS Link Manager
by Guido · Uncategorized
With this lightweight plugin you can display a set of links from the Link Manager.
81 health vs 58 average across 8,265 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
55
now · peak 596
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-12 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-11 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-10 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-09 100+ → 200+ up after 77 days in band
- 2025-11-24 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-21 100+ → 200+ up after 182 days in band
- 2025-05-23 200+ → 100+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-05-15 100+ → 200+ up after 43 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- L Link Manager 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
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Eazy Enable Blogroll 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Link View 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - B Blogroll Links 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
- B Bookmarks Shortcode 80+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- D Display Links by Category 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/very-simple-link-manager" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="VS Link Manager — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> VS Link Manager: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/very-simple-link-manager