WP Direction Detector
by .fay · Chat & Support
This plugin auto dectects and apply the right direction (RTL or LTR) on post's titles, bodies and comments.
41 health vs 65 average across 269 Chat & Support plugins
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3706 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
14
now · peak 125
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
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,359 observations
Details
- Version
- 1.2.1 beta
- Last updated
- 10.2y ago
- Added
- 2009-09-29 · 16 yrs on WP
- Requires WP
- 2.0
- Tested up to
- 4.5.33
- Requires PHP
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Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Loco Translate 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
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Polylang 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
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Bogo 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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