Advanced Category Column
by tepelstreel · Admin & Utilities
The Advanced Category Column is a very customizable multi-widget for your sidebar.
45 health vs 53 average across 2,659 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 3794 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
55
now · peak 103
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-05 30+ → 20+ down after 315 days in band
- 2025-06-24 40+ → 30+ down after 69 days in band
- 2025-04-16 30+ → 40+ up after 28 days in band
- 2025-03-19 40+ → 30+ down after 253 days in band
- 2024-07-09 50+ → 40+ down after 367 days in band
- 2023-07-08 60+ → 50+ down after 151 days in band
- 2023-02-07 70+ → 60+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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List Custom Taxonomy Widget 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C - R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
- N NS Category Widget 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B
- L LJ Multi Column Archive 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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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
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