Ajax Widget Area
by ChrisHilditch · Performance
This plugin creates a new 'Ajax Widget Area'. The widget loads the widgets placed in the Area with AJAX, after the page load.
41 health vs 70 average across 471 Performance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5208 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
54
now · peak 165
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-28 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-26 30+ → 20+ down after 133 days in band
- 2025-12-14 20+ → 30+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-12-05 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-11-30 20+ → 30+ up after 23 days in band
- 2025-11-07 30+ → 20+ down after 9 days in band
- 2025-10-29 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-10-22 30+ → 20+ down after 378 days in band
Competes with
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Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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