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Classic Widgets with Block-based Widgets

by Sumit Singh · Blocks

Also makes 2 other plugins · 21K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Restore the classic widgets screen as a new menu item without replacing new block-based widgets.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
59 Health · C
Maintenance 46/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

59 health vs 67 average across 1,682 Blocks plugins

1K+

Active installs

≈1.9K estimated

9.8K

Total downloads

since 2022

3.60★

Rating (adjusted)

0.0★ raw · 0 reviews

+46%

179

Downloads · 30d

category median +14%

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.

73 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 54/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 496 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+46% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

179

now · peak 737

17530d downloads · Aug 26

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

Classic Widgets with · #6775 you Classic Widgets · #24 Widget Options · #377 Classic Editor and C · #1322

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

175per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.4y ago

latest release · v1.0.1

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.1 · 1.4y ago1.0 · 4.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,420 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 0 reviews

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Details

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
1.4y ago
Added
2022-02-23 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
5.8
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.0
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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

  1. Medium · 6.5 Classic Widgets with Block-based Widgets <= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58029 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.0.1 No patch available

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

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Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2023-07-10 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
  2. 2023-07-08 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2023-07-06 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2023-07-04 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-07-03 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2023-07-02 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier
  7. 2023-06-29 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2023-06-28 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier

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