Custom Content Width
by George Stephanis · Uncategorized
Also makes 22 other plugins · 15.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a 'Custom Content Width' setting to the Settings > Media screen, to let users override their theme's content width.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
900+
≈1K estimated
Momentum
+32%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “theme” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
82 health vs 58 average across 25,739 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.8%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 32K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 172 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| content width your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| width | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| custom content | #9 | #22 | 0 |
| override | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| screen content | #17 | #22 | 0 |
| theme your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “theme” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
- Already on top for “width”. #1 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.5K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 13 May 2026
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 21 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ nicolee38.3y ago
This is a very helpful plugin. My galleries were only 500 px wide and my theme said it was not their problem. My only question is…will there be an update? Wordfence is going to email me every day now to tell me this plugin has been abandoned. It works perfectly though…and I don’t know how to update the php file on my own. This topic was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by nicolee3.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ theographics11.1y ago
My mosaic galleries were being displayed at the default 500px width because of my theme, and I couldn’t figure out how to fix it. This plugin did the trick. Thanks1
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ d.11.2y ago
While the basics work well, it has a side-effect impacting the generation of custom thumb sizes.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ EricJohnsonGuru11.4y ago
I have a theme not designed for child themes and this plugin just works for changing the content width so i can have my Large image size the size i want.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ victormontesdeo11.6y ago
Works!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Daniel12.4y ago
thanks a lot, needed it for my artisteer themes. works fine …
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Roger Chen13.1y ago
The sourcecode is nice and readable. A quick audit reveals everything you need to know about the plugin. It does what it should and does it very robustly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Andrea13.2y ago
Thanks for this plugin! It fixed a problem I had on a Genesis 2 site with the width of Jetpack tiled galleries. Without installing it, the tiled gallery wouldn’t expand past its 500px default width even though I’d entered the content width manually in functions.php as instructed. Andrea
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds a 'Custom Content Width' setting to the Settings > Media screen, to let users override their theme's c..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 214 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-01 1K+ → 900+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2026-10-07 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-06 1K+ → 900+ down after 1380 days in tier
- 2022-12-26 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-12-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-12-24 2K+ → 1K+ down after 790 days in tier
- 2020-10-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1677 days in tier
- 2016-03-23 2K+ → 3K+ up
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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