WP Factcheck
by Fotso Fonkam · Uncategorized
Publish fact-checking articles on your platform
41 health vs 65 average across 3,997 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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 1714 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
48
now · peak 158
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-01-17 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-16 10+ → 20+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-01-07 20+ → 10+ down after 120 days in band
- 2024-09-09 30+ → 20+ down after 51 days in band
- 2024-07-20 20+ → 30+ up after 18 days in band
- 2024-07-02 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-06-28 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-06-24 10+ → 20+ up after 1 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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Verified Member for BuddyPress 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C - A Age Verify 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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