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Custom Meta Widget

by Luke Mlsna · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 9 other plugins · 11.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Clone of the standard Meta widget plus options to hide log in/out, admin, feed and WordPress.org/custom links.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
51 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 91/100
Support 70/100

51 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

7K+

Active installs

≈7.4K estimated

219.8K

Total downloads

since 2011

4.59★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 23 reviews

+67%

222

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.

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.

46 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 85/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3123 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

+67% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

222

now · peak 482

22730d 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

Custom Meta Widget · #2638 you Simple Taxonomy Orde · #1446 Advanced Custom Fiel · #448 Hide Admin Bar · #1182

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

5Stars · Aug 26

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.

32per 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

8.6y ago

latest release · v1.5.1

21

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.1 · 8.6y ago1.5.0 · 8.6y ago1.4.8 · 10.4y ago1.4.7 · 10.7y ago1.4.6 · 12.9y ago1.4.5 · 13.6y ago1.4.4 · 13.6y ago1.4.3 · 13.7y ago1.4.2 · 13.7y ago1.4.1 · 13.9y ago1.4.0 · 14.1y ago1.3.5_a · 14.1y ago1.3.5 · 14.4y ago1.3.4 · 14.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.5 91%
v1.4 9.3%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “7K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
7K–8K ≈7.4K

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

Install history · since 2015-05-27 · 1,429 observations

7KInstalls · 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 · 23 reviews

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5★
22 4★
1 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.5.1
Last updated
8.6y ago
Added
2011-12-06 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
2.8
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.5.1 Fixed the “show custom link” functionality. My bad. 1.5.1
  2. — Version 1.5.0 Some formatting changes to bring closer alignment with the current vanilla WordPress Meta Widget. Added ability for links added to the meta widget by other themes/plugins as introduced in 4.4 via wp_meta() . Added compat 1.5.0
  3. — Version 1.4.8 Updated deprecated __construct() method Thank you to dsmiller 1.4.8
  4. — Version 1.4.7 Purely cosmetic update for WordPress 4.4 1.4.7
  5. — Version 1.4.6 WordPress 3.6.1 update Added fr_FR (French) translation Added nl_NL (Dutch) translation Added pl_PL (Polish) translation Added sr_RS (Serbian) translation 1.4.6
  6. — Version 1.4.5 WordPress 3.5.1 update Added sk_SK (Slovak) translation 1.4.5

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-16 8K+ → 7K+ down after 270 days in tier
  2. 2025-07-20 9K+ → 8K+ down after 205 days in tier
  3. 2024-12-27 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

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