Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds
by Jan Teriete · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 1.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Displays the recent posts of your blogroll links via RSS Feeds in a customizable sidebar widget
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈170 estimated
Momentum
-2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “blogroll” for “blogroll widget”. “blogroll” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “blogroll widget” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 53.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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.
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 13+ 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.
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 4837 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.4.2; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4837 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 7d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 7d
+0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| blogroll widget | #16 | #16 | down 1 |
| advanced blogroll | #10 | #12 | down 1 |
| blogroll your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bookmarks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| last post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| links your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recent post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “blogroll” for “blogroll widget”. “blogroll” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “blogroll widget” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 186 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
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
13.3y ago
latest release · v2.2 · 3 Aug 2013
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 66% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ addiprimus13.3y ago
There is a bit of a learning curve, especially if you don’t know German. But after a few minutes of playing with the add-in, I found that I can make it behave exactly like I had hoped. I especially like the fact that you can customize the add-in’s behavior. I wish the add-in had the capability of displaying multiple link categories per instance.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
5 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 "Displays the recent posts of your blogroll links via RSS Feeds in a customizable sidebar widget"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,402 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "bookmarks", "last post" do not.
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. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- B Blogroll Links 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- B Bookmarks Shortcode 80+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- F FAVIROLL – FAVIcons for blogROLL 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- D Display Links by Category 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- L Live Blogroll 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- L Link Manager 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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