WP Select Primary Category
by Mobeen Abdullah · Uncategorized
WP Select Primary Category plugin allows you to select a primary category for different posts and custom post types.
44 health vs 55 average across 14,409 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2394 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
108
now · peak 2.4K
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-01 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-30 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 50+ → 40+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 50+ → 40+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-24 50+ → 40+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S Simple Taxonomy Refreshed 500+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
- T Taxonomy Checklist Tree 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Taxonomy Toolbox 60+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D - C CPT-Admin-Taxonomy-Filtering 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- C Category Manager 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Pages with category and tag 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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