Dashboard To-Do List
by ARWD · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple dashboard to-do list widget with the option to display your list as a floating panel on your website.
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Health
A 88/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.4K estimated
Momentum
-8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “tasks” and “dashboard widget” for “list” and “dashboard widgets”. “tasks” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “list” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “dashboard widget” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #22. “dashboard widgets” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
88 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.7%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 26.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,190 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.
This plugin shipped 3 releases 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
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 8 reviews to 2024-06-06Reviewers call it simple and exactly what they need for dashboard notes on client and team sites, with a few asking for small tweaks like a wider textarea, checkboxes and a choice of position.
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: Support resolution
Updated 72 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| to do your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| todo list your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| to do list | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| notepad | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| todo your tag | #7 | #8 | down 2 |
| list | #13 | #21 | up 1 |
| dashboard widget your tag | #22 | #24 | up 1 |
| frontend dashboard | #13 | #20 | down 1 |
| floating panel | #22 | #18 | down 1 |
| dashboard widgets | #21 | #21 | up 1 |
| tasks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
53 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 43 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
- Swap “tasks” and “dashboard widget” for “list” and “dashboard widgets”. “tasks” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “list” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “dashboard widget” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #22. “dashboard widgets” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.5K · 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
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.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.0.1 · 21 Aug 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 58% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 3 Sep 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ DJF32.4y ago
Absolutely useful. It helps me so much to keep track of “stuff that needs to be done”. For the first time the Dashboard has become somewhat useful. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rhugo3.7y ago
I appreciate the developer releasing this plugin. It is simple and does its job perfectly! THANK YOU!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ douglaskarr4.2y ago
This plugin is fantastic. I’m adding it to every client site so that we can keep notes between team members.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ m2666.5y ago
I have translate this plugin into German and German Formal.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Seaport Webworks7.0y ago
Nice plugin. I just wanted something basic to write notes to myself in the Dashboard. This plugin does exactly what it says. Thank you for this! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ patricebima7.4y ago
I love this plugin, perfect to help creating websites! It would be great to choose left or right position and why not randomize the list order to improve productivity and add checkbox.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alitutu7.9y ago
great plugin for developers/contentmanagers. Would be perfect if the textarea is set at 100% instead of 55 cols… on my screen it doesn’t align well, but otherwise, perfect.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cleverroddy8.7y ago
Great plugin! Simple and exactly what I need for our client websites. This topic was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by cleverroddy.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.0.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.3 Dashboard To-Do List <= 1.2.0 - Missing Authorization via ardtdw_widgetsetup() ↗
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 8 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
5 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 "A simple dashboard to-do list widget with the option to display your list as a floating panel on your website."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,013 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "todo", "todo list" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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).
- Z ZE To Do List — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
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Sortable Dashboard To-Do List 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
To Do List Member 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D - S Simple Todo List 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Docket WP 300+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Todo Block 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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