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WP Customizer

by vicchi · Uncategorized

Easily load site specific functions, scripts and CSS files into your site without editing your theme's functions.php or other source files.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 66 average across 3,768 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 9/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3172 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-70% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

12

now · peak 54

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 Customizer · #26041 MS Custom Login · #7373 Header and Footer Sc · #251 Custom Product Tabs · #530

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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈28

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations

Details

Version
1.0.2
Last updated
8.7y ago
Added
2013-06-05 · 13 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.8
Tested up to
4.8.28
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-09-24 30+ → 20+ down after 348 days in band
  2. 2024-10-11 40+ → 30+ down after 230 days in band
  3. 2024-02-24 50+ → 40+ down after 124 days in band
  4. 2023-10-23 60+ → 50+ down after 28 days in band
  5. 2023-09-25 70+ → 60+ down after 27 days in band
  6. 2023-08-29 60+ → 70+ up after 13 days in band
  7. 2023-08-16 70+ → 60+ down after 104 days in band
  8. 2023-05-04 60+ → 70+ up after 36 days in band

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WP Customizer: 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-customizer