WP Branding Bar
by stacyvlasits · Uncategorized
WP Branding Bar creates an adjustable header bar accross the top of your site, with room for two user-defined images with two user-defined links.
45 health vs 56 average across 10,439 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 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 4452 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
108
now · peak 132
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 2022-10-05 · 1,382 observations
Details
- Last updated
- 12.2y ago
- Added
- 2013-01-07 · 13 yrs on WP
- Requires WP
- 3.0.1
- Tested up to
- 3.9.40
- Requires PHP
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Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-05-15 20+ → 10+ down after 92 days in band
- 2023-02-12 30+ → 20+ down after 12 days in band
- 2023-01-31 20+ → 30+ up after 17 days in band
- 2023-01-14 30+ → 20+ down after 11 days in band
- 2023-01-03 20+ → 30+ up after 46 days in band
- 2022-11-18 30+ → 20+ down after 27 days in band
- 2022-10-22 20+ → 30+ up
Competes with
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