WP API Customizer
by Kite · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 150+ installs across the portfolio →
Make post meta data (custom field values) available for JSON REST API (WP API) when unauthenticated.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈25 estimated
Momentum
+107%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “api”, “custom field” and “json” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 3.8K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4307 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4307 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| api your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| json your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rest your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rest api your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “api”, “custom field” and “json” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 62 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
11.8y ago
latest release · v0.0.2 · 17 Jan 2015
2
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 27 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ basememara11.4y ago
Simple and powerful! It is very generic for displaying custom fields, instead being tied to Advanced Custom Fields plugin. For example, this is displaying my custom fields from the Types plugin (be sure to prefix custom fields with “wpcf-” in this case). Some suggestions: 1) put this under the Admin -> Settings menu instead of the root, 2) choose a better admin menu icon, 3) allow to specify the JSON attribute of the custom fields such as letting me choose “custom_fields” instead of “post_meta” to avoid conflicts, 4) Display drop down list of all custom fields in WP API Customizer admin. Thanks for this much needed plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Make post meta data (custom field values) available for JSON REST API (WP API) when unauthenticated."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions REST API.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 588 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-13 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-12 20+ → 30+ up after 189 days in tier
- 2024-10-05 30+ → 20+ down after 63 days in tier
- 2024-08-03 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-02 30+ → 20+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2024-07-19 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-07-17 30+ → 20+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2024-07-07 20+ → 30+ up after 16 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Disable REST API 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags D -
Disable WP REST API 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags A -
WordPress REST API (Version 2) 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D -
WP REST API – OAuth 1.0a Server 7K+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags D - W WP REST API Meta Endpoints 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
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Disable REST API for Real 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D
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