Category Thumbnail List
by Johan Jonk Stenström · Uncategorized
Lists categories, author pages and archives with thumbnails. Use shortcode [categorythumbnaillist 1] where 1 is the category id.
50 health vs 56 average across 11,353 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 877 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
37
now · peak 101
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-19 300+ → 200+ down after 595 days in band
- 2024-10-01 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-09-29 300+ → 400+ up after 29 days in band
- 2024-08-31 400+ → 300+ down after 490 days in band
- 2023-04-29 500+ → 400+ down after 8 days in band
- 2023-04-21 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-04-20 500+ → 400+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Category Posts Widget 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 -
No category parents 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/categoy-thumbnail-list" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Category Thumbnail List — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Category Thumbnail List: 200+ active installs, 3.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/categoy-thumbnail-list