Eleven years ago I published my first plugin on wordpress.org. I’ve now got 15 plugins on wordpress.org, over 80 on oik-plugins.com and many more on GitHub bobbingwide.
Total download history
Below are the total download statistics for the plugins that are downloadable from wordpress.org.
Plugin summary
I recently (re)tested each one of these plugins and marked them compatible with WordPress 6.0.1. Even the plugins that I don’t intend to improve.
| Plugin | Total downloads | Version | Tested to | Requires | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oik | 189839 | 4.8.1 | 6.0.1 | 5.0.3 | 4000 |
| oik-nivo-slider | 93803 | 1.16.2 | 6.0.1 | 4.9 | 400 |
| oik-privacy-policy | 63621 | 1.4.5 | 6.0.1 | 4.9.8 | 2000 |
| cookie-cat | 28807 | 1.4.5 | 6.0.1 | 4.9.8 | 1000 |
| bbboing | 2258 | 1.8.4 | 6.0.1 | 3.9 | 10 |
| uk-tides | 5494 | 3.0.1 | 6.0.1 | 5.0 | 100 |
| oik-css | 2650 | 2.0.1 | 6.0.1 | 5.0 | 10 |
| oik-batchmove | 5124 | 2.5.1 | 6.0.1 | 3.9 | 80 |
| oik-read-more | 4395 | 0.2.4 | 6.0.1 | 3.9 | 20 |
| oik-weightcountry-shipping | 50303 | 1.4.1 | 6.0.1 | 3.9 | 2000 |
| oik-bwtrace | 3045 | 3.4.0 | 6.0.1 | 5.0 | 40 |
| allow-reinstalls | 2697 | 0.0.4 | 6.0.1 | 4.3.0 | 100 |
| oik-weight-zone-shipping | 19272 | 0.2.5 | 6.0.1 | 5.0 | 2000 |
| sb-children-block | 1561 | 1.2.0 | 6.0.1 | 5.4.2 | 200 |
| sb-chart-block | 1809 | 1.1.0 | 6.0.1 | 5.6.0 | 200 |
Blocks and shortcodes
Many of my plugins deliver shortcodes. A few deliver blocks. Some of them are single block plugins.
Shortcodes delivered by plugin
Blocks delivered by plugin
Some comments…
- oik continues to be the most popular of my plugins, with over 1,000 updates soon after I released v4.8.1.
- oik-privacy-policy is still activated on approximately 2,000 sites even though it’s not actually necessary once the Privacy policy page has been created.
- I don’t know why people are still running oik-weightcountry-shipping. It clearly states it’s been replaced by oik-weight-zone-shipping.
- At least after updating both plugins oik-weight-zone-shipping did get more downloads.
- But I don’t mind too much; oik-weightcountry-shipping reached 50K downloads in the process.
- While my single block plugins ( uk-tides, sb-chart-block, sb-children-block ) aren’t all that popular, up to 50% of the sites where they’re installed have updated to the latest versions.
- I’m waiting patiently for my total downloads to reach half a million.
- Perhaps I should consider releasing a few more of my single block plugins.
- oik-magnetic-poetry – to write magnetic poetry refridgerator messages
- SB Parent Block – display a link to the parent post
- SB Post Edit Block – to allow direct editing of the post by authorised users