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WP QR Code Auto Generator

by Arka Roy · Admin & Utilities

Automatically generate QR Code for pages, posts and custom post types with permalink or shortlink. You can embed QR Code with shortcode.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 59 average across 1,152 Admin & Utilities plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 7/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3566 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-18% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

32

now · peak 66

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 QR Code Auto Gene · #17544 Responsive Lightbox · #317 Featured Image from · #607 All In One Favicon · #649

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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
80–90 ≈87

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations

Details

Version
1.1.0
Last updated
9.8y ago
Added
2016-09-14 · 9 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
4.6.30
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-19 90+ → 80+ down after 10 days in band
  2. 2026-04-09 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
  3. 2026-04-08 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
  4. 2026-04-06 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in band
  5. 2026-03-31 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in band
  6. 2026-03-28 80+ → 90+ up after 14 days in band
  7. 2026-03-14 90+ → 80+ down after 30 days in band
  8. 2026-02-12 80+ → 90+ up after 11 days in band

Competes with

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WP QR Code Auto Generator: 80+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-qr-code-auto-generator