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WP PHP Version Display

by Arul Prasad J · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 6 other plugins · 6.5K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Displays the current running PHP/MySQL version inside "At a Glance" admin dashboard widget.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
62 Health · C
Maintenance 47/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

62 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

3K+

Active installs

≈3.9K estimated

21.5K

Total downloads

since 2020

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+28%

276

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

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.

75 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 55/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 491 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+28% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

276

now · peak 586

28530d downloads · Aug 26

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 PHP Version Displ · #4004 you Display PHP Version · #988 WP-Memory-Usage · #1811 PHP Version · #3245

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.

95per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.3y ago

latest release · v2.0

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0 · 1.3y ago1.0 · 5.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.0 99%
v1.0 0.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.9K

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

Install history · since 2021-01-24 · 1,421 observations

3KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
2.0
Last updated
1.3y ago
Added
2020-08-25 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Michael Kraus
    4.7y ago

    I maintain a lot of websites and it is nice to know what version of PHP is running at a glance. I normally install this or a similar plugin to display the PHP and MySQL versions on the dashboard. With recent release of 8.0 PHP it is a quick way to review the current version and plan upgrades or identify sites that need a PHP upgrade. While the plugin only displays the versions of PHP and MySQL, it would be awesome to expand the plugin to track versions across multiple sites or incorporate other critical version numbers.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 2.0 MySQL version added 2.0
  2. — Version 1.0 Initial release 1.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-06-09 2K+ → 3K+ up after 487 days in tier
  2. 2024-02-08 3K+ → 2K+ down after 354 days in tier
  3. 2023-02-19 2K+ → 3K+ up

Competes with

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