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This technique also works for Wordpress plugins, and just about any other paid category with reviews. You can go into wordpress.org, just take a look at the do
by j_s 10y ago
This technique also works for Wordpress plugins, and just about any other paid category with reviews.
You can go into wordpress.org, just take a look at the download numbers and it will tell you flat out like whether somebody’s downloads are increasing overtime or are they decreasing, when the last updates were, all that kind of information. And you can get a sense from that information alone as to whether or not it would be possible to put another plugin that offers similar functionality
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- rograndom 10y agoYou can also find WordPress plugins that have a good install base, but the author is looking for someone to adopt. I adopted a refer spam blocker plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-referer-spam/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-referer-spam/), added some features for a paid version (https://www.blockreferspam.com/ https://www.blockreferspam.com/) and it's doing pretty well.