Categories Recent Posts Widget
by The Medios · Admin & Utilities
This widget displays the recent posts on a category page for that category
45 health vs 61 average across 1,035 Admin & Utilities 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 3.7.41, 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 4556 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
58
now · peak 175
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-14 50+ → 40+ down after 17 days in band
- 2026-02-25 40+ → 50+ up after 7 days in band
- 2026-02-18 50+ → 40+ down after 356 days in band
- 2025-02-27 60+ → 50+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-02-19 50+ → 60+ up after 28 days in band
- 2025-01-22 60+ → 50+ down after 38 days in band
- 2024-12-15 50+ → 60+ up after 56 days in band
- 2024-10-20 60+ → 50+ down after 118 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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Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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