WP Better SEO Links
by WP Help · Uncategorized
Adds a checkbox in the insert link popup box for including rel="nofollow", rel="sponsored", and rel="ugc" in links as yo …
45 health vs 58 average across 8,548 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, 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 2492 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
79
now · peak 168
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 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-09-07 90+ → 100+ up after 27 days in band
- 2025-08-11 100+ → 90+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-08-05 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-04 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-08-01 90+ → 100+ up after 13 days in band
- 2025-07-19 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-18 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-07-16 100+ → 90+ down after 6 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor) 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags D -
Nofollow for external link 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D - A Autologin Links 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Custom Meta Widget 7K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Simple Keyword to Link 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Broken Link Notifier 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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