Collapsible Widget Area
by Curtiss Grymala · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 7 other plugins · 2.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Creates a tabbed or accordion-style widget that can hold other widgets.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “accordion”, “jquery” and “tab” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 16.6K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3134 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3134 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| accordion your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| jquery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tab your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tabbed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “accordion”, “jquery” and “tab” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 91 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
8.6y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 3 Apr 2018
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ke7lvb8.0y ago
Unique feature and very useful. As of Version 1.0 the plugin has an issue with mixed content (it uses http when on an https site) and could reference a minified css for better optimization.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ billybob8848.7y ago
Any chance this will ever be updated? This is exactly the functionality I’m looking for, but it’s the only plugin that seems like it once offered it…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ emoemo9.1y ago
Hi Curtiss Grymala, Great plugin! I like your plugin so much that I am installing an older version of WP because 4.8.2. breaks it. Do you plan an update to this plugin sometime nearby, so that it will be compatible with the latest versions of WordPress? Thank you, Emo
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nine Dark Moons10.8y ago
It has some limitations, but overall I love it! It makes my site much sleeker and user friendly. I really like the ability to have multiple instances of it to hold different widgets, because it sizes itself based on the height of the widget. So if you stack a bunch of widgets into it, and one is super long, there will be a lot of empty space under the shorter widgets. I hope that makes sense. But having multiple instances of it allows me to store widgets of similar size. Overall, this plugin has made me very happy!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chris F.11.8y ago
It served my needs just great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hardik12.1y ago
Very very useful plugin. Thank u very much brother… Keep it on….
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sumeshms12.4y ago
Hi Curtiss Grymala, Great plugin! I wanted to use this plugin in one of my own site which has WordPress version 3.8.3. Do we have an update to this plugin sometime nearby? So that it will be compatible with the latest versions of WordPress? Note: I have rated this plugin because of its existence. There aren’t many plugins out there which can do what this plugin does. Thanks! Sumesh M.S
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ basitijaz13.9y ago
Extremely useful.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Creates a tabbed or accordion-style widget that can hold other widgets."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 15 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 15 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "if you want").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,017 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-12 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-09 100+ → 200+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-01 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 200+ → 100+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2026-01-03 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-12-31 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-30 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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jQuery UI Widgets 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A - X XLTab – Accordions and Tabs for Elementor Page Builder 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C
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Tab – Accordion, FAQ 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C
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