Almost All Categories Widget
by George Stephanis · Admin & Utilities
This widget will let you display a category list in your sidebar, excluding any categories that you would like.
41 health vs 53 average across 2,815 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5690 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
62
now · peak 157
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-30 50+ → 40+ down after 276 days in tier
- 2025-09-27 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-24 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-22 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-20 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-19 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-18 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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Category Posts Widget 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Media Library Categories 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
List Custom Taxonomy Widget 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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