Name: Word Counter
by faragas · Uncategorized
Wordcounter replaces wordpress's built in word counter feature and adds a character count as well.
45 health vs 56 average across 11,920 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 4956 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
45
now · peak 128
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-07-13 20+ → 10+ down after 53 days in tier
- 2024-05-21 10+ → 20+ up after 301 days in tier
- 2023-07-25 20+ → 10+ down after 34 days in tier
- 2023-06-21 10+ → 20+ up after 68 days in tier
- 2023-04-14 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-13 10+ → 20+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2023-01-25 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Reading Time WP 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C -
Post Admin Word Count 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Sortable Word Count Reloaded 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B - P Posts Character Count Admin 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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Article Word Count 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
Just Writing Statistics 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C
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