Advanced Random Posts
by yakuphan · Uncategorized
Display random posts from selected categories or current category or all posts with thumbnail images (optional).
41 health vs 67 average across 3,603 Uncategorized 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4, 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 3153 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
86
now · peak 182
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 300+ → 200+ down after 350 days in band
- 2025-07-12 400+ → 300+ down after 264 days in band
- 2024-10-21 500+ → 400+ down after 240 days in band
- 2024-02-24 600+ → 500+ down after 103 days in band
- 2023-11-13 700+ → 600+ down after 87 days in band
- 2023-08-18 800+ → 700+ down after 44 days in band
- 2023-07-05 900+ → 800+ down after 67 days in band
- 2023-04-29 1K+ → 900+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- R Random Post for Widget 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- R Random Posts 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
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Category Posts Widget 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Better Random Redirect 700+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C - H Home Categories 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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