WP Categories and Posts
by Phil McDonnell · Uncategorized
This plugin adds in a template tag you can use to display categories and sub categories and the posts underneath those categories.
41 health vs 56 average across 11,737 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 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.
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 4103 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
19
now · peak 59
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 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-25 20+ → 10+ down after 202 days in tier
- 2025-09-04 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-03 20+ → 30+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2025-08-15 30+ → 20+ down after 108 days in tier
- 2025-04-29 40+ → 30+ down after 110 days in tier
- 2025-01-09 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-01-05 40+ → 30+ down after 191 days in tier
- 2024-06-28 50+ → 40+ down after 237 days in tier
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