YAFootnotes
by stratosg · Uncategorized
Yet Another Footnotes (YAFootnotes) is a plugin that gives you the ability to add footnotes to any text you are writing.
41 health vs 67 average across 3,583 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8, 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 6222 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
17
now · peak 65
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 “20+”. 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
- 2024-05-31 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-05-30 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-05-29 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-05-28 20+ → 30+ up after 5 days in band
- 2024-05-23 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-05-22 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-05-19 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-05-17 20+ → 30+ up after 2 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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Easy Footnotes 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Modern Footnotes 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Footnotes Made Easy 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A - F FD Footnotes Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
- S Simple Footnotes 600+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D
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Blank Footnotes 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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