WP_Places
by Gary Kovar · Uncategorized
WP_Places populates up-to-the-minute information about almost any location or business. Display address, phone number, hours of operation, and website …
48 health vs 57 average across 9,138 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 2836 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
25
now · peak 76
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 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-09-24 20+ → 10+ down after 60 days in band
- 2025-07-26 10+ → 20+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-07-17 20+ → 10+ down after 485 days in band
- 2024-03-19 30+ → 20+ down after 195 days in band
- 2023-09-06 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-09-03 30+ → 20+ down after 216 days in band
- 2023-01-30 40+ → 30+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Weather Atlas Widget 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
Reviews Block for Google 1K+ installs · 3.5★ · 1 shared tag D -
If-So Conditional Content for Elementor 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-places" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP_Places — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP_Places: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-places