WP-TwitterBadge
by kyleabaker · Social
WP-TwitterBadge is a simple plugin that allows you to display a Twitter "Follow" Badge on your site or blog.
41 health vs 65 average across 330 Social 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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 3500 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
50
now · peak 162
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 “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 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-11-16 50+ → 40+ down after 95 days in band
- 2025-08-13 40+ → 50+ up after 8 days in band
- 2025-08-05 50+ → 40+ down after 128 days in band
- 2025-03-30 60+ → 50+ down after 11 days in band
- 2025-03-19 50+ → 60+ up after 95 days in band
- 2024-12-14 60+ → 50+ down after 7 days in band
- 2024-12-07 50+ → 60+ up after 31 days in band
- 2024-11-06 60+ → 50+ down after 181 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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Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - Я Яндекс Поделиться 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-twitterbadge" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP-TwitterBadge — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP-TwitterBadge: 40+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-twitterbadge