Visual Shortcodes
by J B · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 6.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
This is a utility plugin that will allow other plugins and themes to swap out shortcodes with custom images, in the same way that WordPress' nati …
42 health vs 56 average across 16,375 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 4979 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
64
now · peak 81
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
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
13.6y ago
latest release · v0.1
1
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-07-23 · 1,382 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Dan12.2y ago
The documentation is a little sparse in places, but it did the trick! I can confirm that v0.1 doesn’t work with shortcodes with content, ex: [shortcode]content[/shortcode]
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fakakakakaka12.7y ago
No history record (if you click on the red cross, you can’t restore the shortcod
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fakakakakaka12.7y ago
There is no history record for the delete operation, meaning that if you accidentally click on the red (“delete”) button over an image, you couldn’t restore it (neither via Ctrl+Z nor via the arrow-back button in the toolbar). Regular images can be restored if deleted. No those generated by this shortcode. I will change my rating back to 5 stars once this bug has been fixed.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-09 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-08 100+ → 200+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2024-03-26 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-03-19 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-03-17 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-03-15 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-14 200+ → 100+ down
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