WP Edit Homepage
by Tommy Ferry · Admin & Utilities
A simple WordPress plugin that adds a homepage edit link to the admin sidebar.
53 health vs 54 average across 2,280 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 830 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
28
now · peak 169
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-06-11 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-06-09 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-06-07 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-06-04 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-03 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-05-31 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-05-29 300+ → 200+ down after 476 days in band
- 2024-02-08 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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- R Require Featured Image 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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