WP CSS Version History
by briankeith68 · Login & Users
A Custom CSS file editor using CSS versioning and CSS post lock for team collaboration
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈76 estimated
Momentum
-5%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 0/100. Last updated 3077 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
46 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.0%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 2.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3077 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3077 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| css collaboration your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| css history your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| css user lock your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| css verion control your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| css versioning your tag | Not checked yet | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 149 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
8.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.9 · 29 May 2018
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 61% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ lloydbirchpi7.4y ago
Does what it says on the tin. Great for version history rollback.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ briankeith688.0y ago
I was looking for a solution to easily edit CSS files without having my team overwrite my work. If I need to restore from a previous version, it keeps the history along with the time/user stamp. The CSS file is indexed last so the classes will take priority. All changes made are seen immediately without clearing cache.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kari Anderson8.2y ago
I love this plugin! It’s great for working with other developers when not everyone has FTP access or you just don’t want to mess with your source code. If you make a mistake, you can go back to a previous version where everything was working. You also cannot work on top of another user so you won’t have conflicts or chances of deleting each other’s work. We use this on all of our websites! (I think the 60+ active installations are mine! )
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 425 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("css collaboration", "css history", "css user lock", "css verion control" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-12 80+ → 70+ down after 134 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-25 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-24 90+ → 80+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-01-14 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-13 90+ → 80+ down after 228 days in tier
- 2025-05-30 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-05-28 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
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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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-css-version-history" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP CSS Version History — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP CSS Version History: 70+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-css-version-history
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