Advanced Widgets
by Andrico · Blocks
Add widgets in your sidebars and then choose where they will be shown! It has never been so easy to personalize the widgets section!
47 health vs 74 average across 587 Blocks 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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 4203 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
47
now · peak 80
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-26 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-23 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-12-19 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-18 60+ → 70+ up after 10 days in band
- 2025-12-08 70+ → 60+ down after 14 days in band
- 2025-11-24 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-22 70+ → 60+ down after 132 days in band
- 2025-07-13 80+ → 70+ down after 12 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widget Context 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - S SpiceBox 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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Reusable Blocks Extended 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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