AK Featured Post Widget
by kaser · Admin & Utilities
A widget that you can use to display your blog posts, custom post types, or woocommerce products!
45 health vs 54 average across 3,790 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 3695 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
77
now · peak 106
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
10.1y ago
latest release · v2.0
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 68% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-04-11 · 1,423 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ engrmostafijur11.6y ago
niceCustomizable and easy to use.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dahbadu12.3y ago
Nice add-on
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yanginsider12.9y ago
There is no custom title setting promised in description, the plugin ‘Featured Category Posts Widget’ by wppluginsdev I continue to use for now has more features hence recommended however to find a plugin where I can set a more catchy custom title field for blog posts different from the SEO optimized post title I will need to look further…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kfable13.4y ago
work very well and very nice preview image! plase insert the random post option (inside a category) and weekly-days ciclic automatic random ! Thx.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ craftzeefactory13.4y ago
Works great, code is very well written and easy to develop from. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-05 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 500+ → 400+ down after 98 days in tier
- 2025-10-23 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-21 500+ → 600+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-10-13 600+ → 500+ down after 228 days in tier
- 2025-02-27 700+ → 600+ down after 63 days in tier
- 2024-12-26 800+ → 700+ down after 160 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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Social LikeBox & Feed 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Display Post Types – Post Grid, post list and post sliders 7K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft 900+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
Recent & Featured Posts Widget 600+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
WP Featured Posts 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B - P Post Snippet 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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