Word Stats
by Fran Ontanaya · Analytics
A suite of word counters, keyword counters and readability analysis for your blog.
46 health vs 63 average across 647 Analytics 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0, 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 4226 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
34
now · peak 181
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-02 200+ → 100+ down after 259 days in tier
- 2025-09-16 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-09-11 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-08 300+ → 200+ down after 307 days in tier
- 2024-11-05 400+ → 300+ down after 235 days in tier
- 2024-03-15 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-03-13 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-03-10 500+ → 400+ down after 158 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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SEO SIMPLE PACK 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Statify 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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