The Image Widget
by Nik · Admin & Utilities
A simple image widget that allows you to display an image in any sidebar. The image can either link to another page or it can pop out in a lightbox.
49 health vs 55 average across 1,884 Admin & Utilities 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 977 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
24
now · peak 159
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-24 90+ → 80+ down after 240 days in band
- 2025-05-29 100+ → 90+ down after 46 days in band
- 2025-04-13 90+ → 100+ up after 12 days in band
- 2025-04-01 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-31 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-30 100+ → 90+ down after 549 days in band
- 2023-09-28 90+ → 100+ up after 9 days in band
- 2023-09-19 100+ → 90+ down 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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Simple Image Widget 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B - N Newpost Catch 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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Image Widget 3K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hot Random Image 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Autoptimize 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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