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Admin Dashboard RSS Feed

by wsxplugindev · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 4 other plugins · 720+ installs across the portfolio →

Admin Dashboard RSS Feed displays company news in the WordPress Admin Dashboard using an RSS feed. It provides quick access to the latest updates.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
62 Health · C
Maintenance 47/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

62 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

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.

75 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 55/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 491 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+1% vs prior 30d
5Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

336

now · peak 1.3K

34630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Admin Dashboard RSS · #9069 you Podcast Player · #2057 Super RSS Reader · #2227 RSS Feed Retriever · #2649

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.

692per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.3y ago

latest release · v3.7

29

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.7 · 1.3y ago3.6 · 1.4y ago3.5 · 1.4y ago3.4 · 1.5y ago3.3 · 1.6y ago3.2 · 2.0y ago3.1 · 2.5y ago3.0 · 3.6y ago2.9 · 4.0y ago2.8 · 4.1y ago2.7 · 4.2y ago2.2 · 4.4y ago2.1 · 4.4y ago2.4 · 4.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 59% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v3.8 59%
v3.1 25%
v3.0 10%
Older / other versions 6.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
500–600 ≈570

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2021-02-26 · 1,420 observations

500Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
3.8
Last updated
1.3y ago
Added
2017-10-27 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7.5
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 1 reviews to 2020-12-10
Positive Praise

The single review here is a short five-star note from a reviewer who says they love it.

Recent reviews

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  1. annisa2020
    5.7y ago

    Love it

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2024-07-11 CVE-2024-38725 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.4 Patched in 3.5

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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Swedish 100%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-29 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-28 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-26 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-25 500+ → 400+ down after 4 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-21 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-20 500+ → 400+ down after 6 days in tier
  7. 2026-06-14 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2026-06-13 500+ → 400+ down after 8 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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Admin Dashboard RSS Feed: 500+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/admin-dashboard-rss-feed