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Plugin audit
Advanced Categories Widget
Advanced Categories Widget has urgent issues capping its growth.
800+ installs 5.0★ · 8 164/30d +55%
Versus 716 tracked Admin & Utilities plugins: health 48 vs avg 61 · rating 4.34★ vs 4.20★.
What we found
1 critical 1 opportunity 1 strengths
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Likely abandoned
CriticalNo update in 121 months. wp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users avoid them.
Recommended: Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
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Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 8 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
Recommended: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
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Strong momentum
StrengthDownloads are accelerating (+55% vs prior month). Good moment to amplify.
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