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Dashboard Widgets Suite

by Jeff Starr · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 30 other plugins · 1.1M+ installs across the portfolio →

Adds 9 awesome widgets to your WP Dashboard. Includes User Notes, Social Buttons, System Info, Debug/Error Logs, and more!

How scoring works →
90 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 92/100
Support 70/100

90 health vs 54 average across 3,790 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.

83 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 89/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-67% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

1.1K

now · peak 6.7K

1.1K30d 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

Dashboard Widgets Su · #3380 you Dashboard Notepad · #2129 Dashboard Sticky Not · #4496 Cron Logger · #5405

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · 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.

266per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
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.

4

releases in the last 12 months

1mo ago

latest release · v3.5.2

38

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.5.2 · 1mo ago3.5.1 · 4mo ago3.5 · 5mo ago3.4.9 · 10mo ago3.4.8 · 1.4y ago3.4.7 · 1.9y ago3.4.6 · 2.2y ago3.4.5 · 2.2y ago3.4.4 · 2.2y ago3.4.3 · 2.5y ago3.4.2 · 2.8y ago3.4.1 · 2.9y ago3.4 · 3.1y ago3.3.1 · 3.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 69% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v3.5 69%
v3.4 20%
Older / other versions 11%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.5K

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

Install history · since 2016-04-01 · 1,448 observations

4KInstalls · 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. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
3.5.2
Last updated
1mo ago
Added
2016-03-17 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
5.6.20

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 3.5.2 Updates plugin settings page Tests on WordPress 7.1 3.5.2
  2. Version 3.5.1 Fixes bug with reset options Updates plugin settings page Improves readme.txt documentation Tests on WordPress 7.0 Full changelog @ https://plugin-planet.com/wp/changelog/dashboard-widgets-suite.txt 3.5.1

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2024-06-12 CVE-2024-0979 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.4.3 Patched in 3.4.4
  2. 2023-12-04 CVE-2023-49743 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.4.1 Patched in 3.4.2
  3. 2023-02-27 CVE-2023-26517 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.2.1 Patched in 3.2.2

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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 7 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Italian 98%
Japanese 20%
Turkish 9%
French (France) 4%
Dutch 2%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-03-30 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-29 4K+ → 5K+ up after 9 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-20 5K+ → 4K+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2026-03-18 4K+ → 5K+ up after 84 days in tier
  5. 2025-12-24 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-12-23 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-12-22 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-12-21 4K+ → 5K+ up after 6 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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