VKontakte
by Yaroslav Bogutsky · Social
The plugin adds a wide range of VKontakte functionality to your site.
43 health vs 58 average across 589 Social plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.13.
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 1566 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
52
now · peak 215
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-13 300+ → 200+ down after 556 days in band
- 2024-12-04 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-12-02 300+ → 400+ up after 30 days in band
- 2024-11-02 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-10-31 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-30 400+ → 300+ down after 11 days in band
- 2024-10-19 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-18 400+ → 300+ down after 675 days in band
Competes with
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