WP-PageNavi
by Lester Chan · Uncategorized
Also makes 20 other plugins · 753K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a more advanced paging navigation interface.
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Health
A 89/100
no flags
Active installs
400K+
≈500K estimated
Momentum
-34%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “pages”, “navigation” and “page links” for “colour”, “break” and “stylesheets”. “pages” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “colour” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “navigation” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “break” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “page links” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “stylesheets” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
89 health vs 58 average across 25,766 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.9%
of downloads still active
At least 400K of 13.8M lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 66 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 149 reviews, smoothed to 4.55★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
23
Momentum
Losing ground
-4.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-1.7
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| paging your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| pagenavi | #1 | #1 | — |
| div | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| twentyten | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| border | #3 | #3 | down 1 |
| colour | #4 | #5 | down 3 |
| wp pagination | #3 | #3 | down 2 |
| post paging | #3 | #2 | down 1 |
| pagination your tag | #9 | #8 | down 4 |
| nav | #6 | #6 | down 2 |
| callback | #6 | #4 | down 2 |
| break | #7 | #6 | down 4 |
| interface | #10 | #11 | down 7 |
| stylesheets | #7 | #7 | down 5 |
| page links your tag | #15 | #16 | down 5 |
| line break | #10 | #9 | down 7 |
| wp list pages | #11 | #13 | up 2 |
| navigation your tag | #19 | #16 | down 15 |
| fancy | #12 | #9 | down 3 |
| wp post | #13 | #16 | down 2 |
| pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
181 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 121 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “pages”, “navigation” and “page links” for “colour”, “break” and “stylesheets”. “pages” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “colour” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “navigation” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “break” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “page links” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “stylesheets” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “navigation”. Down 15 places since 2026-09-18, now #19. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
- Slipping on “page links”. Down 5 places since 2026-09-18, now #15. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 391.9K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v3.0.1 · 28 Aug 2026
43
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “400K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 days ago and the previous band took 23 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 500K.
Install history since 23 Dec 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ assad191.7y ago
Amazing Plugin.Thanks 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ paulc1232.0y ago
Installed this on all my sites for years.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SASCoLtd3.2y ago
This plugin is perfect and very useful to those who are use custom themes like mine. Recommended
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amiltonsousa3.2y ago
Simples e totalmente funcional. Resolvendo o problema de paginação com extrema facilidade. Parabéns aos devs.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jesusjeco3.9y ago
I am using this plugin + Divi. It works just fine, but there is a bug with the slugs of the pages and the post types. If you have, for example, a post type with the slug “speakers” and your page is also call “speakers”, both slugs will be the same and this is causing the plugin to break. Most people on the internet are looking for this error as the page/2 error. Be sure the slugs does not match and it will work just fine. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by jesusjeco.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Senri Miura4.2y ago
A simple and excellent plugin. The display of the blog list becomes much smarter, so it is very useful. Currently, I’ve been using in combination with “Styles For WP Pagenavi Addon”.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ barnabas14.4y ago
Pure code and so simple to customize. The simplest plugin I ever installed. A couple of minutes to get it working. Couldn’t be happier 🙂 I only added this snippet to replace my Woocommerce pagination: remove_action('woocommerce_pagination', 'woocommerce_pagination', 10); function woocommerce_pagination() { wp_pagenavi(); } add_action( 'woocommerce_pagination', 'woocommerce_pagination', 10);
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cyborgjeff4.5y ago
Thanks for that plugins I use till long years to add a navigation bar box inside my blog including more than 2000 entries 😉
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.94.5 FIXED: WP SCB Framework now uses init hook again 2.94.5
- — Version 2.94.4 FIXED: Revert WP SCB Framework to use plugins_loaded hook 2.94.4
- — Version 2.94.3 FIXED: Update WP SCB Framework to fix load_textdomain_just_in_time warning FIXED: Remove load_plugin_textdomain since it is no longer needed since WP 4.6 2.94.3
- — Version 2.94.2 FIXED: load_plugin_textdomain to be called during init 2.94.2
- — Version 2.94.1 FIXED: PHP 8.2 warnings 2.94.1
- — Version 2.94.0 NEW: Add args param on wp_pagenavi filter. Props @asadowski10 NEW: Improve accessibility of nav links. Props @carlabobak 2.94.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 89 languages, 12 at 90% or more
Plus 65 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds a more advanced paging navigation interface."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "if you need").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,775 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 500K+ → 400K+ down after 680 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 600K+ → 500K+ down after 671 days in tier
- 2023-01-29 700K+ → 600K+ down after 993 days in tier
- 2020-05-11 800K+ → 700K+ down after 588 days in tier
- 2018-10-01 900K+ → 800K+ down after 457 days in tier
- 2017-07-01 1M+ → 900K+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- W WP PageNavi Style 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags D
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WP-CommentNavi 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags A -
Simplistic page navi 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Back and Forward Button 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
WP-Paginate 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Auto Submenu 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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