WP Nearby Places Basic
by alharlow · Uncategorized
WP Nearby Places allows you to dynamically display nearby places on a Google map surrounding a centralized location and grouped by categories in a act …
47 health vs 56 average across 11,797 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 1712 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
178
now · peak 256
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 “20+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-02 30+ → 20+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-21 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-20 30+ → 20+ down after 38 days in tier
- 2025-10-13 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-10-09 30+ → 20+ down after 185 days in tier
- 2025-04-07 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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Gmap Block 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Five Star Business Profile and Schema 7K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Kikote – Location Picker at Checkout & Google Address AutoFill Plugin for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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