WP Unpublish
by Alexandre Froger · Uncategorized
WP Unpublish adds a post status "Unpublished" to your WordPress Posts (Classic Editor).
41 health vs 63 average across 4,716 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 5.0.25, 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 2338 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
55
now · peak 163
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 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-25 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-03-21 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-20 50+ → 40+ down after 131 days in band
- 2025-11-09 70+ → 50+ down after 71 days in band
- 2025-08-30 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-29 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-08-26 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-25 70+ → 80+ up after 5 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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Zoho Flow – No-Code Workflow Automation 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Archive Content with Archived Post Status 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Edit Flow 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
LH Archived Post Status 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C -
WP Calameo 3K+ installs · 3.4★ · 1 shared tag D
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