Alewb Image Widget
by Alessia Missiaglia · Admin & Utilities
This Widget add Image/banner to the Sidebar. The plugin is used as widget that can be placed in a sidebar of the layout.
45 health vs 54 average across 3,782 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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 4656 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
13
now · peak 60
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,369 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-02 30+ → 20+ down after 121 days in tier
- 2026-02-01 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 30+ → 20+ down after 269 days in tier
- 2025-05-05 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-05-03 30+ → 40+ up after 113 days in tier
- 2025-01-10 40+ → 30+ down after 183 days in tier
- 2024-07-11 50+ → 40+ down after 129 days in tier
- 2024-03-04 60+ → 50+ down after 64 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Image Widget 3K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B - W WOW Slider 3K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags F
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Hot Random Image 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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