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WP BASIC SEO META

by gabrielcastillo · SEO

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This is a simple meta tag plugin for wp head. When activeated a new meta box will appear in post, and page edit sections of wordpress admin panel.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 72/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 64 average across 1,225 SEO plugins

20+

Active installs

≈26 estimated

4.5K

Total downloads

since 2013

3.91★

Rating (adjusted)

4.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+29%

31

Downloads · 30d

category median +22%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4893 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+29% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

31

now · peak 56

3130d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP BASIC SEO META · #27603 you BackSEO Meta Descrip · #48577 Sengeku Meta Descrip · #49370 Custom Fields to Met · #48118

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.6Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

7.5y ago

latest release · v1.02

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.02 · 7.5y ago1.01 · 13.4y ago1.0 · 13.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.01 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈26

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2021-08-17 · 1,380 observations

20Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.01
Last updated
13.4y ago
Added
2013-04-08 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
3.5.2
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ onerob
    11.5y ago

    I like the simplicity of this plugin but would prefer it if empty fields in the page/post edit screens did not result in empty tags being output to the HTML. This happens if you fill out one of the fields but not others.

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  2. ★★★★★ EyalReches
    13.3y ago

    Add fields to every posts and page for: Page Author Page Keywords Page Description Very small size and work great – just what i needed. Thanks

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-13 10+ → 20+ up after 34 days in tier
  2. 2026-07-10 20+ → 10+ down after 330 days in tier
  3. 2025-08-14 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in tier
  4. 2025-08-07 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2025-08-06 30+ → 20+ down after 248 days in tier
  6. 2024-12-01 40+ → 30+ down after 188 days in tier
  7. 2024-05-27 50+ → 40+ down after 155 days in tier
  8. 2023-12-24 60+ → 50+ down after 114 days in tier

Competes with

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