Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds
by Jan Teriete · Uncategorized
Displays the recent posts of your blogroll links via RSS Feeds in a customizable sidebar widget
45 health vs 56 average across 11,700 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4731 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
71
now · peak 186
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
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-18 200+ → 100+ down after 400 days in tier
- 2025-05-14 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-13 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-12 300+ → 200+ down after 315 days in tier
- 2024-07-01 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-30 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-29 400+ → 300+ down after 274 days in tier
- 2023-09-29 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- B Blogroll Links 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
- B Bookmarks Shortcode 80+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
- F FAVIROLL – FAVIcons for blogROLL 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
- D Display Links by Category 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
- L Live Blogroll 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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PictureBook 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
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