Custom Term Colors
by Andrei Surdu · Uncategorized
Provides an easy to use interface to assign colors to any term from any taxonomy.
41 health vs 56 average across 16,267 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 7+ 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 2578 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
18
now · peak 57
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Radio Buttons for Taxonomies 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags C -
WP Term Colors 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Taxonomy Images 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Term Order 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Taxonomy Switcher 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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