Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field
by Hugh Mungus · Uncategorized
Extend the Visitor Maps and Who's Online plugin by Mike Challis with this handy plugin. This plugin adds additional features, such as IP and refe …
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+62%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “map”, “maps” and “visitor” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 58 average across 25,755 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 16.9K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4627 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.7.41; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4627 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| map your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| maps your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| visitor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| who your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| whos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “map”, “maps” and “visitor” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 102 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
12.7y ago
latest release · v1.2.6 · 2 Mar 2014
27
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 months ago; the previous band took 2.3 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tigershroof9.6y ago
This Plugin works very well. I have been using it over the last 3 years and over 6 websites. It works flawlessly. Anyone who uses “Visitor Maps Who is Online” Plugin should try using this. To the author : Thank you for making this useful plugin. It works flawlessly with WordPress 4.7.3 flawlessly An update : The Plugin does not work with PHP 7. Works well with all other PHP versions before this. Hopefully, the author will update this plugin. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by tigershroof. This topic was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by tigershroof.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Den99913.2y ago
plugin does not work. nothing changes. nothing happens
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bck5WG13.7y ago
This is an awesome plugin. I cannot be without it. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.2.6). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- 2026-02-10 CVE-2025-69389 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.6 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Extend the Visitor Maps and Who's Online plugin by Mike Challis with this handy plugin. This plugin adds ad..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 644 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "whos" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-25 200+ → 100+ down after 851 days in tier
- 2022-12-26 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2022-12-22 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-12-21 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2022-12-19 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2022-12-17 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2022-12-15 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-12-14 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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WP Go Maps – Google Map, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet Map 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Store Locator with Search, Filters & Listings 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy Google Maps by Supsystic – Custom Markers, Clustering & Map Themes 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress – WP Google Map 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Open User Map – Interactive Leaflet Maps 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Flexible Map 7K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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