Category Expander
by timgrahl · Admin & Utilities
Allows WordPress Admins to show only a selected few categories on the sidebar and hide the rest from view until visitor clicks "See All".
41 health vs 54 average across 2,616 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 5050 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
47
now · peak 154
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-08-20 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in band
- 2023-08-13 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-08-12 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in band
- 2023-08-02 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-08-01 20+ → 10+ down after 71 days in band
- 2023-05-22 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-05-21 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in band
- 2023-05-15 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Categorized Tag Cloud 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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