BE REST Endpoints
by Edwin Cromley · Admin & Utilities
Major features in BE REST Endpoints include:
Removed from WordPress.org
wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-08-28. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.
Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
20+
≈27 estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “sidebars”, “widget areas” and “widgets” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 2.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 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.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3919 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 6.8
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3919 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rest api widgets your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| sidebars your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget areas your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widgets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wp rest api widgets your tag | Not checked yet | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “sidebars”, “widget areas” and “widgets” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,411 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 140 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 74% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.0). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- 2026-09-14 CVE-2026-81742 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.0 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
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
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-02 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 20+ → 10+ down after 439 days in tier
- 2024-11-16 30+ → 20+ down after 49 days in tier
- 2024-09-28 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-26 30+ → 20+ down after 315 days in tier
- 2023-11-16 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-11-13 30+ → 20+ down after 138 days in tier
- 2023-06-28 40+ → 30+ down after 2 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).
- W WooSidebars 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags C
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Tuxedo Responsive Widget Columns 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Simple Page Sidebars 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
RaraTheme Companion 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Custom Sidebars by ProteusThemes 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
More Widgets 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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