Awesome Wp Widget Newsticker
by nayon46 · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 11 other plugins · 490+ installs across the portfolio →
news Ticker widget is a multi-functional data display plugin.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 19/100. Last updated 1030 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
48 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 7.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,192 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1030 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1030 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 10d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| newsticker your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| wordpress newsticker your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| widget newsticker your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| newsticker for wordpress | #1 | #1 | 0 |
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 170 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 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 21 Jun 2021
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 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "news Ticker widget is a multi-functional data display plugin."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("A question that someone might have").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,199 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 3 tags appear in the text ("newsticker", "widget newsticker", "wordpress newsticker" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-03 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-30 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-28 200+ → 100+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 100+ → 200+ up after 14 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).
- F FikraTicker 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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Static Newsticker 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag - S SimpleTicker 10+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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PBP Newsticker 10+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D - A AnnounceME 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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WP Posts Ticker 10+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D
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