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WP Dashboard Messages

by podpirate · Admin & Utilities

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⚠ Few reviews
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75 Health · B
Maintenance 76/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

75 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

400+

Active installs

≈490 estimated

6.9K

Total downloads

since 2020

4.12★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+88%

135

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

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.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 85/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 68/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+88% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

135

now · peak 364

13330d downloads · Aug 26

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 Dashboard Message · #9870 you Admin Menu Editor · #159 White Label CMS · #232 Display PHP Version · #988

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.

333per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

1

releases in the last 12 months

9mo ago

latest release · v1.1.7

7

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.7 · 9mo ago1.1.6 · 2.8y ago1.1.5 · 4.6y ago1.1.4 · 5.7y ago1.1.3 · 5.8y ago1.1.2 · 5.9y ago1.1.1 · 6.3y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
400–500 ≈490

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,420 observations

400Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.1.7
Last updated
9mo ago
Added
2020-05-12 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
4.8
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
5.6
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ neoset
    4.6y ago

    An effective plugin shows notifications for a certain time.

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  2. ★★★★★ rscott7706
    5.9y ago

    Was disappointed at first, did not show on subsites. But it was my own bad. There is a setting to enable multisite. So far looks great – has neat ammenities. Ron Scott

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  3. ★★★★★ mwillberg
    5.9y ago

    Does what it says on the tin with nice GUI.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9

✓ 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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Swedish 100%
German 80%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-12-01 500+ → 400+ down after 463 days in tier
  2. 2023-08-26 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
  3. 2023-08-23 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2023-08-22 400+ → 500+ 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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