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WP CountUP JS

by Roel Magdaleno · Uncategorized

Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

Display multiple animated counters into your WordPress site.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned

Health

D 48/100

Stale · Likely abandoned

Active installs

1K+

≈1.6K estimated

Momentum

+46%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “animated” and “counters” 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.

How scoring works →
48 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 85/100
Support 70/100

48 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

3.6%

of downloads still active

At least 1K of 27.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 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.

Removal-risk signals

53/100

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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.

Details

Version
4.2.4
Last updated
4.9y ago
Added
2016-03-16 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
5.7.4
Tested up to
5.8.19
Requires PHP
7.0

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.

47 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 4/100

Updated 1792 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 32/100

Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 64/100

4.9★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.23★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 1792 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+46% vs prior 30d
1131 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.8K · peaks are release surges

24031 Oct 2026

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 CountUP JS · #5455youWHA Elementor Counte · #24977Timeline Express · #2322Easy Timer · #5368

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.931 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

4831 Oct 2026

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.

24031 Oct 2026

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

4.9y ago

latest release · v4.2.4 · 4 Dec 2021

17

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

4.2.4 · 4 Dec 20214.2.3 · 7 Oct 20204.2.2 · 5 Oct 20204.2.1 · 5 Oct 20204.2.0 · 5 Oct 20204.0.2 · 17 Feb 20194.0.1 · 5 Mar 20184.0 · 28 Feb 20183.3 · 5 Apr 20173.2 · 2 Apr 20173.0 · 2 Apr 20173.1 · 2 Apr 20172.3 · 1 Nov 20162.2 · 13 Sep 2016

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v4.2 91%
v4.0 7.5%
v3.3 1.2%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.6K

Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 5 years to cross, which places it about 61% of the way through.

Install history since 5 Oct 2016

1K31 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ omahoung
    4.9y ago

    Light plugin, simple to use, works on all browsers, and fast support. Perfect! Thanks!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ audunmb
    8.7y ago

    It works! Easy to use and has all the options you need, and does exactly what it is supposed to.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ norro88
    9.0y ago

    Nice functionality and easy to set up.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. ★★★★★ itspriyanka
    9.6y ago

    Hi Roel, Thanks for this plugin. Its very easy to use. However, I had a few feature requests: I want the counter to run on a decimal number. Something like 0 to 2.5 in 1 second. I tried using [countup start=”0″ end=”2.5″ decimals=”1″ scroll=”true” duration=”1″], but that ends at 25 instead of 2.5 I want a suffix, but want it in a slighly smaller size than the number. So in 2.5 Lakh, Lakh needs to be in a smaller font. If I put it outside the counter div, it goes to the next line. Is it possible to have run the counter whenever someone scrolls up and down and comes to that section? If these features are already available, pls let me know how to implement them. Thanks! Priyanka

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ daytrader007
    9.6y ago

    This plugin is the only one out there that allows you to use dynamic number directly from the database by using shortcode within a shortcode. For instance [countup start=”1″ decimals=”0″ duration=”5″][users_count][/countup] Thank you for adding this functionality. That person who gave you 4 stars needs to resubmit his review as it was his only reason for not giving you 5 stars! I’d give you 6 stars to cover it 😉 Thanks again!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ Jon Hardison
    9.7y ago

    Works perfectly! The one missing star is only because I wish I could use an ending number from outside the shortcode itself. Like… [countup start="0" duration="3"]2,500[/countup] Then I could stick some PHP in there and source the number dynamically from content. Love the plugin though. You have all the classes n’stuff you need to make this do pretty much anything you want and it’s simple and light. 🙂 This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Jon Hardison. Reason: typo

    Read on wp.org ↗
  7. ★★★★★ dg_Amanda
    10.0y ago

    Finding this functionality to trigger the animation when the user scrolls to the content is tough. This works right out of the box. The newest params are so helpful. Thank you!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  8. ★★★★★ aureliendebord
    10.1y ago

    Roel is really involved to find solutions. Great plugin.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8.2

✓ 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

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

5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Display multiple animated counters into your WordPress site."
  • ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
  • ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
  • ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 2 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 2,344 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "CountUP JS", "WP CountUP JS" do not.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-11-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1819 days in tier
  2. 2019-12-07 200+ → 2K+ up

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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WP CountUP JS: 1K+ active installs, 4.9★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-countup-js

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