WP SIMILE Timeline
by freshlabs · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 30+ installs across the portfolio →
Integrates the SIMILE Timeline into WordPress and provides an option interface for the various timeline settings.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈21 estimated
Momentum
-13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “api”, “javascript” and “visualization” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
43 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 32.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2005 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 6.8
3.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.05★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2005 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| simile your tag | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| api your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| javascript your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| visualization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “api”, “javascript” and “visualization” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 196 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
5.5y ago
latest release · v0.5.3 · 6 May 2021
35
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 25 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 20.
Install history since 20 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Cyrille3713.1y ago
Events with durations are working: don’t forget to set post custom fields stl_timeline_event_start and stl_timeline_event_end. Just, event icon does not shown … Other features works fine.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ onegeek2rule13.7y ago
Events with durations weren’t working, kept re-setting to the post date.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous13.9y ago
I’ve got the timeline working as advertised on my site but changing options in the Contents tab, they either don’t stick, or they change inconsistently. I’ve looked at the support forum and can’t see any developer response to issues raised there, so maybe this plugin is not longer maintained? Pity, because it looks quite pretty.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Integrates the SIMILE Timeline into WordPress and provides an option interface for the various timeline set..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 965 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "javascript", "visualization" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-07 10+ → 20+ up after 52 days in tier
- 2026-08-16 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 10+ → 20+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 20+ → 10+ down after 111 days in tier
- 2026-03-21 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-18 20+ → 30+ up after 58 days in tier
- 2026-01-19 30+ → 20+ down after 570 days in tier
- 2024-06-28 40+ → 30+ down after 34 days in tier
Competes with
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