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WPEssential Icons

by WPEssential · Page Builders

WPEssential Icons is a flexible, open-source icons library for wordpress page builder. Add icons anywhere and make your way.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
52 Health · D
Maintenance 22/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

52 health vs 70 average across 885 Page Builders plugins

Removal-risk signals

34/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
  • No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.

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.

48 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 30/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 800 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-61% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

18

now · peak 112

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

WPEssential Icons · #32142 Jeg Kit for Elemento · #167 Qi Addons For Elemen · #254 Addon Elements for E · #504

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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
10–20 ≈15

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,365 observations

Details

Version
2.0
Last updated
2.2y ago
Added
2019-12-18 · 6 yrs on WP
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
Requires PHP
7.4

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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WPEssential Icons: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wpessential-icons