Contextual Category Widget
by Vinnie · Admin & Utilities
Displays the name and description of the first category assigned to the current single post.
80 health vs 54 average across 3,793 Admin & Utilities plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
62
now · peak 112
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
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
7.0y ago
latest release · v0.6.1
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-18 20+ → 10+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2025-12-05 30+ → 20+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2025-10-26 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-10-20 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-10-14 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-13 30+ → 40+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2025-09-19 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-09-10 30+ → 40+ up after 28 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).
- N NS Category Widget 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B
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Search & Filter 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Taxonomy Images 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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