VGW
by Heiner Otterstedt · Uncategorized
VGW is a wordpress plugin to add a VG-Wort-Zählpixels to posts/pages
44 health vs 57 average across 9,830 Uncategorized 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4943 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
18
now · peak 72
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 278 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-26 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-25 80+ → 70+ down after 40 days in band
- 2026-05-16 70+ → 80+ up after 134 days in band
- 2026-01-02 90+ → 70+ down after 25 days in band
- 2025-12-08 80+ → 90+ up after 11 days in band
- 2025-11-27 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-25 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-24 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/vgw-vg-wort-zahlpixel-plugin" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="VGW — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> VGW: 60+ active installs, 4.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/vgw-vg-wort-zahlpixel-plugin