cbnet Twitter Widget
by Chip Bennett · Social
Widget to add the Twitter Tools Profile, List, Faves, and Search Widgets, with all configurable options.
41 health vs 66 average across 313 Social 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 3.5.2, 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 4539 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 75
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-06 80+ → 70+ down after 186 days in band
- 2025-12-02 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-29 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-27 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-11-23 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-22 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-20 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-18 90+ → 80+ down after 6 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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Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
Easy Twitter Feed Widget Plugin 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D
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