A5 Recent Post Widget
by tepelstreel · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 9 other plugins · 2.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
With the A5 Recent Post Widget you can put your latest post in the focus and style it differently.
45 health vs 54 average across 3,793 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3796 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
56
now · peak 90
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
10.4y ago
latest release · v2.6.1
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-11-17 · 1,385 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 3 reviews to 2015-10-30Reviewers say it's flexible enough to get the exact look they want, with good support, though one found the settings took a while to figure out.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ thewriteamerica10.8y ago
The only knock I have on this plug-in is that I did not find the settings intuitive right at the start. It took me a little bit of time to set things up how I wanted. But it does offer great flexibility and once you do get it set up, it will do exactly what you want it to.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ xtensions12.0y ago
Great plugin!!! It offers all features to properly customize the output to look exactly the way you want it… including an admin custom CSS field. Great work, Sir!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MaynardandGlinda12.1y ago
Truly allows you to create the look you want, more so then any of the other plugins in the market. Excellent customer support. 5 Stars All the Way!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 137 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 113 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-08 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-03 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-01 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-28 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-26 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-24 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-20 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Meks Simple Flickr Widget 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/a5-recent-posts" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="A5 Recent Post Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> A5 Recent Post Widget: 10+ active installs, 4.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/a5-recent-posts