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azurecurve Shortcodes in Widgets

by azurecurve · Admin & Utilities

Allows shortcodes to be used in widgets.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 54 average across 2,337 Admin & Utilities plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.0, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 11/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2780 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-34% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

25

now · peak 71

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

azurecurve Shortcode · #21856 Shortcodes Ultimate · #146 Blocksy Companion · #166 Widget Importer & Ex · #253

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.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈46

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations

Details

Version
2.0.2
Last updated
7.6y ago
Added
2015-06-13 · 11 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.3
Tested up to
5.0.0
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-26 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
  2. 2026-05-22 40+ → 30+ down after 7 days in band
  3. 2026-05-15 30+ → 40+ up after 18 days in band
  4. 2026-04-27 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
  5. 2026-04-25 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
  6. 2026-04-24 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
  7. 2026-04-23 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
  8. 2026-04-21 40+ → 30+ down after 22 days in band

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azurecurve Shortcodes in Widgets: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/azurecurve-shortcodes-in-widgets