Blog Post Filter
by ammar.shahraki · Search
Blog Post Filter filters frontpage posts by their categories.
43 health vs 60 average across 606 Search plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.
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 2341 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 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
70
now · peak 2.1K
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
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
8.1y ago
latest release · v1.1.0
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-07-17 · 1,386 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ChipNowacek7.9y ago
I don’t see any filtering. Two stars for not messing anything else up.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ muzahidnrl10.3y ago
no
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pikkabbu10.5y ago
Perfect. Thanks a lot for this free plugin. By the way, the expression “which categories should be shown on the site frontpage.” is confusing and I doubted to try the plugin. In fact, the plugin filters which categories should be shown on the site’s blog page. (What I wanted to be done) 😉
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pppiotrmalek10.7y ago
Super simple and super efficient, can’t ask for any more.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ammar.shahraki10.9y ago
in fact I am the publisher of the plugin and it’s natural that I rate it the best. But, indeed it does the work that is expected without adding any complexity. Just install it and select the categories that you would like to appear on the front page.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-09-29 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-28 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-27 400+ → 300+ down after 441 days in tier
- 2024-07-13 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-12 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-09 500+ → 400+ down after 357 days in tier
- 2023-07-18 600+ → 500+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2023-07-11 500+ → 600+ up after 4 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).
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Search & Filter 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Category Posts Block 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Media Library Categories 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bulk Move 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D - A Allow HTML in Category Descriptions 8K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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