WP Github Gist
by Sudar Muthu · Uncategorized
Embed files and gist from Github in your blog posts or pages.
42 health vs 57 average across 8,905 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 1738 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
30
now · peak 79
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-09 50+ → 40+ down after 16 days in band
- 2026-02-21 40+ → 50+ up after 23 days in band
- 2026-01-29 50+ → 40+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-01-20 40+ → 50+ up after 108 days in band
- 2025-10-04 50+ → 40+ down after 216 days in band
- 2025-03-02 60+ → 50+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-02-23 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-02-21 60+ → 50+ down after 13 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- W WP-Git-Embed 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
- G Gist for Robots WordPress Plugin 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- G Github Embed 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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Embed Block for GitHub 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - G Gist GitHub Shortcode 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Embed Repo for GitHub – Display Code Repositories in Posts and Pages 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-github-gist" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Github Gist — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Github Gist: 40+ active installs, 1.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-github-gist