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WP Htaccess Edit

by asilweb · Uncategorized

Simple and Safe WordPress htaccess file editor.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 56 average across 12,187 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 2/100
WP compatibility 11/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2281 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-53% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

51

now · peak 148

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

WP Htaccess Edit · #27426 Theme Editor · #756 Three Column Screen · #5497 Disable File Editor · #8764

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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈27

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 252 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
6.2y ago
Added
2020-04-18 · 6 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
5.0.25
Requires PHP
5.0

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-02-11 10+ → 20+ up after 308 days in tier
  2. 2025-04-09 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in tier
  3. 2025-04-04 10+ → 20+ up after 30 days in tier
  4. 2025-03-05 20+ → 10+ down after 28 days in tier
  5. 2025-02-05 10+ → 20+ up after 113 days in tier
  6. 2024-10-15 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-10-14 10+ → 20+ up after 26 days in tier
  8. 2024-09-18 20+ → 10+ down after 120 days in tier

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WP Htaccess Edit: 20+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-htaccess-edit