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Collapsing Categories

by robfelty · Admin & Utilities

Adds a widget which uses Javascript to dynamically expand or collapse the set of posts for each category.

How scoring works →
81 Health · B
Maintenance 92
Rating quality 76
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-26%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

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 “4K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.5K

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 1380 daily snapshots

Details

Version
3.0.12
Last updated
5mo ago
Added
2008-01-07
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
6.9.4
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-01-28 5K+ → 4K+ down after 398 days in band
  2. 2024-12-26 6K+ → 5K+ down after 377 days in band
  3. 2023-12-15 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in band
  4. 2023-12-14 6K+ → 7K+ up after 17 days in band
  5. 2023-11-27 7K+ → 6K+ down after 343 days in band
  6. 2022-12-19 8K+ → 7K+ down

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Collapsing Categories: 4K+ active installs, 4.1★ (57 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/collapsing-categories