AK Featured Post Widget
by kaser · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 410+ installs across the portfolio →
A widget that you can use to display your blog posts, custom post types, or woocommerce products!
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “category posts widget”, “display posts” and “feature category posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 41.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3758 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3758 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| category posts widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| display posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| feature category posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| featured posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “category posts widget”, “display posts” and “feature category posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 124 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
10.3y ago
latest release · v2.0 · 17 Jul 2016
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.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ engrmostafijur11.8y ago
niceCustomizable and easy to use.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dahbadu12.4y ago
Nice add-on
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yanginsider13.1y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ kfable13.6y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ craftzeefactory13.6y 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
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A widget that you can use to display your blog posts, custom post types, or woocommerce products!"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 702 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Category Posts Widget", "display posts", "feature category posts", "featured posts", "Post Widget" missing).
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 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
WP Featured Posts 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B - P Post Snippet 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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WP Post Widget 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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