Better RSS Feeds
by Waterloo Plugins · Content & Feeds
Better RSS Feeds improves the appearance of your RSS feeds.
39 health vs 65 average across 315 Content & Feeds 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 5.2.24, 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 2506 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
70
now · peak 184
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 “100+”. 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-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-09-06 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-05 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-04 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-03 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-02 200+ → 100+ down after 500 days in band
- 2023-04-21 300+ → 200+ down after 12 days in band
- 2023-04-09 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-04-08 300+ → 200+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
Featured Image in RSS Feed by MailerLite 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
RSS Feed Pro 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Native RSS 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
RSS for Yandex Turbo 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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