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WP Dev Flag

by Poodle Plugins · Uncategorized

Shows a floating badge on the front end, to visually distinguish your development site from production.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 99/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 59 average across 7,243 Uncategorized plugins

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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

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

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

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-30% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

26

now · peak 77

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 Dev Flag · #28189 Display Environment · #6026 Local Development · #16696 WP Git Deploy · #42554

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.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈16

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

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,376 observations

Details

Version
2.0.1
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2019-04-10 · 7 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
6.9.4
Requires PHP
5.6

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-01-09 20+ → 10+ down after 151 days in band
  2. 2025-08-11 10+ → 20+ up after 15 days in band
  3. 2025-07-27 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in band
  4. 2025-07-23 10+ → 20+ up after 5 days in band
  5. 2025-07-18 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
  6. 2025-07-15 10+ → 20+ up

Competes with

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WP Dev Flag: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-dev-flag