TFD Word of the Day
by dpchiesa · Admin & Utilities
This is a Wordpress Widget that displays an English Word-of-the-Day. It
41 health vs 55 average across 2,119 Admin & Utilities 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4396 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
21
now · peak 55
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 · 1,374 observations
Details
- Version
- 2014.07.03
- Last updated
- 12.0y ago
- Added
- 2012-07-19 · 13 yrs on WP
- Requires WP
- 3.2
- Tested up to
- 3.9.40
- Requires PHP
- —
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-03 20+ → 10+ down after 202 days in band
- 2025-07-16 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-07-10 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-09 30+ → 20+ down after 721 days in band
- 2023-07-19 40+ → 30+ down after 147 days in band
- 2023-02-22 50+ → 40+ down after 25 days in band
- 2023-01-28 40+ → 50+ up after 12 days in band
- 2023-01-16 50+ → 40+ down after 83 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/word-of-the-day-from-thefreedictionarycom" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="TFD Word of the Day — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> TFD Word of the Day: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/word-of-the-day-from-thefreedictionarycom