WP License Manager
by Jarkko Laine · Uncategorized
Turn your WordPress site into a software license manager for WordPress plugins, themes, and other downloadable products.
44 health vs 56 average across 11,118 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4099 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
23
now · peak 59
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-03 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-04-27 30+ → 40+ up after 41 days in band
- 2025-03-17 20+ → 30+ up after 45 days in band
- 2025-01-31 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-01-26 20+ → 30+ up after 55 days in band
- 2024-12-02 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2024-11-27 40+ → 30+ down after 98 days in band
- 2024-08-21 20+ → 40+ up after 8 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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InfiniteWP Client 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Manage – Centralized site maintenance and monitoring 70K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B - A Advanced Automatic Updates 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D -
Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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