WP S3 Backups
by DanCoulter · Backup
Automatically back up important bits of your WordPress install to Amazon S3.
41 health vs 75 average across 112 Backup 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 2.9.2, 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 6059 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
23
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
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,366 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-25 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-24 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-01-19 40+ → 30+ down after 47 days in band
- 2025-12-03 50+ → 40+ down after 31 days in band
- 2025-11-02 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-01 50+ → 60+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-10-28 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-26 50+ → 60+ up after 19 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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ManageWP Worker 1M+ installs · 4.6★ A -
WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ installs · 4.9★ A
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