Dashboard Widgets for LearnDash
by Escape Creative · Education
Simple, informative, beautifully-designed Dashboard widgets for your LearnDash-powered site. Quick stats at a glance, plus helpful links for faster ad …
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “dashboard widget”, “learndash” and “learning management system” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 70 average across 281 Education plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 13.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Education plugin keeps 1.1%, across 177 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Education plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2020-07-18There's only one review here, and it's a happy one, calling the plugin handy on sites with a lot of content.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1742 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1742 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dashboard widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| learndash your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| learning management system your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| lms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “dashboard widget”, “learndash” and “learning management system” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 177 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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
4.8y ago
latest release · v1.3 · 24 Jan 2022
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and the previous band took 13 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 18 Jun 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Jorge Ocampo6.3y ago
Pretty handy when you have lots of content.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 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
6 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions LearnDash.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 9 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,804 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "learning management system", "lms" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-30 300+ → 200+ down after 390 days in tier
- 2025-08-05 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-08-02 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-01 400+ → 300+ down after 206 days in tier
- 2025-01-07 500+ → 400+ down after 194 days in tier
- 2024-06-27 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-25 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-24 600+ → 500+ down after 170 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).
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Design Upgrade for LearnDash 6K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags D -
BuddyPress for LearnDash 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Widget Areas for LearnDash 600+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C - L LearnDash Assignment Uploads Control 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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