WP Link Pages Extended
by Terry O'Brien (HoosierDragon) · Uncategorized
Replaces the boring nextpage pagination navigation system with something more informative that includes the page number and page count and links to th …
41 health vs 59 average across 6,659 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3945 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
16
now · peak 48
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 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-07-16 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP-PageNavi 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C -
WP-Paginate 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A - W WP PageNavi Style 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D
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Pagination by BestWebSoft – Customizable WordPress Content Splitter and Navigation Plugin 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B - A Automatically Paginate Posts 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
- F Faster Pagination 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D
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