ACF Recent Posts Widget
by magicoders · Admin & Utilities
ACF Recent Posts Widget (ACFRPW) is a WordPress plugin which adds a custom, extended Recent Posts Widget - with ACF and Meta Keys support
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Health
D 54/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
500+
≈550 estimated
Momentum
+32%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “acf”, “meta keys” and “posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
54 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 26.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,191 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1077 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.27★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1077 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| acf your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| meta keys your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recent your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “acf”, “meta keys” and “posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 550 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
3.0y ago
latest release · v5.9.3 · 20 Nov 2023
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 87% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Sep 2015
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (5.9.3). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 ACF Recent Posts Widget <= 5.9.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-08-30 CVE-2025-62894 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 5.9.3 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 3 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "ACF Recent Posts Widget (ACFRPW) is a WordPress plugin which adds a custom, extended Recent Posts Widget -..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "use cases").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, ACF.
- ✓ Headings and lists 15 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,623 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-10 600+ → 500+ down after 144 days in tier
- 2025-09-19 700+ → 600+ down after 151 days in tier
- 2025-04-21 800+ → 700+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-04-16 700+ → 800+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-04-11 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-10 700+ → 800+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2025-03-02 800+ → 700+ down after 120 days in tier
- 2024-11-02 900+ → 800+ down 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).
- N Newpost Catch 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Add Widget After Content 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images 6K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - E Expanding Archives 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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Widgets for Social Post Feed 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for ACF Recent Posts Widget into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/acf-recent-posts-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="ACF Recent Posts Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> ACF Recent Posts Widget: 500+ active installs, 5.0★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/acf-recent-posts-widget
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