WP search category admin
by Clement Decou · Admin & Utilities
Add a search input into a Post edit Page to add fast category for a Post and in quick edit.
50 health vs 53 average across 2,985 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1159 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
39
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-24 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-23 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-22 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 300+ → 200+ down after 42 days in tier
- 2026-03-08 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-07 300+ → 200+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-02-21 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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- W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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SEO Friendly Images 20K+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags F
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