Random Posts and Pages Widget
by Ays Pro · Uncategorized
Also makes 17 other plugins · 107.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
The main advantage of this widget is random movement of random links and every time they are changing.
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Health
B 80/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+30%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “related posts” and “popular posts” for “pages widget” and “advantage”. “related posts” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pages widget” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “popular posts” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “advantage” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
80 health vs 58 average across 25,754 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.4%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 29.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 199 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
5%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| random pages your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| random posts your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| random post your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| random | #3 | #9 | 0 |
| movement | #3 | #5 | down 1 |
| random post widget | #3 | #13 | 0 |
| pages widget | #10 | #24 | 0 |
| advantage | #13 | #18 | down 1 |
| random content | #9 | #14 | down 2 |
| popular posts your tag | #16 | #23 | down 3 |
| related pages | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| popular posts widget | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| page widget | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| related posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
26 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “related posts” and “popular posts” for “pages widget” and “advantage”. “related posts” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pages widget” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “popular posts” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “advantage” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “popular posts”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 668 · 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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v2.6.2 · 16 Apr 2026
49
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 7 Feb 2016
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "suitable for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,113 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("popular posts", "random pages", "related posts" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-02-27 900+ → 1K+ up after 87 days in tier
- 2024-12-02 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-01 900+ → 800+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-11-28 800+ → 900+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2024-11-14 700+ → 800+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2024-11-09 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-08 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-07 600+ → 700+ up after 32 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).
- R Random Post for Widget 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
Random 300+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Advanced Related Posts 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
ERRP: Enhanced Related Random Posts 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - R Random Related Posts 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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