March 2023: ver 1.0.3 - static plot generation can now handle packages having same maximum number of downloads in different dates (Mar. 2023) January 2023: ver 1.0.2 - updating reference to new CRAN badges -- minor release (Jan. 2023) April 2021: ver 1.0.1 - added rmarkdown to list of "suggests" due to knitr changes (Apr. 2021)