WP Pubsubhubbub
by padraic · Content & Feeds
Implements a Pubsubhubbub Real Time Publisher informing Planet Earth of your updates now, not later!
41 health vs 66 average across 275 Content & Feeds 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4, 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 6172 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
40
now · peak 93
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 200+ → 100+ down after 497 days in band
- 2025-02-28 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-02-27 200+ → 300+ up after 223 days in band
- 2024-07-19 300+ → 200+ down after 335 days in band
- 2023-08-19 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- R RSS Just Better 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D
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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A - D Disable Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
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RSS Includes Pages 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Disable Feeds WP 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A - F FeedWordPress 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A
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