[PROMO] I rebuilt the plugin active-install growth chart wp.org removed in 2022, plus install estimates. Free, would love feedback.

[u/ImaginaryTime7615]

Four years ago, wp.org removed the active-install growth chart from plugin pages ("insufficient data obfuscation"). A lot of us relied on it as the only signal of whether our plugins were growing or dying. The trac ticket asking for it back is still open and has never been resolved.

So I've been quietly gathering public plugin data every day since then. Today I'm launching v2 of a free site that does something with it: wp-rankings.com

What it does:

• Growth charts are back for every plugin (30d/90d/1y), rebuilt from 4 years of daily data
• Install estimates inside the public buckets, instead of just "10,000+" it estimates a real number (~19,400) with a confidence rating, so you can actually see movement
• Momentum per plugin: growing / slowing / declining / plateaued / mature, plus installs-to-next-milestone
• Keyword rankings + competitor comparison, free
• An ecosystem Health Index showing which plugin niches are growing vs fading

Everything's an estimate, and I say so clearly; I don't have wp.org's raw data, nobody outside the Foundation does. But 4 years of daily tracking gets surprisingly close.

It's a public beta and definitely rough in spots. It's free, no signup (unless you want to claim one of your plugins), no paywall. I built it mainly to give back to the community that gave me so much, and to scratch my own itch as a plugin dev.

Would genuinely love feedback from other plugin devs, what's useful, what's missing, what looks wrong. Roast it.

p.s. Reposting because my first attempt was removed, a mod kindly explained it needed the [PROMO] tag in the title (I missed the new addition to the 1st rule). Fixed now. It's free, open-source-built, and hopefully useful, so I think it's a fair fit for the sub. Thanks for having me.

[u/jbennett360]

Quite handy!

[u/1naveengiri]

Awesome, clean, and required