WP Getting Started
by Mike Martel · Uncategorized
Replace WordPress' Welcome Panel with a simple but effective walkthrough
45 health vs 59 average across 7,464 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 4997 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 47
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 · 1,367 observations
Details
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
- H Hide Welcome Panel for Multisite 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Code Snippets 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
User Switching 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP OPcache 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag C -
WP101 Video Tutorial Plugin 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
WP Help 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C
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