Dashboard Widget
by Blase Beczkowski · Admin & Utilities
Very simple plugin to add sidebar with custom widget to your dashboard. You can add a sidebar which is only available to authors.
45 health vs 53 average across 3,368 Admin & Utilities plugins
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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.12.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1397 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-08 · 1,378 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
58
now · peak 174
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-07 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-24 30+ → 20+ down after 55 days in tier
- 2025-12-31 20+ → 30+ up after 443 days in tier
- 2024-10-14 30+ → 20+ down after 103 days in tier
- 2024-07-03 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-06-30 30+ → 20+ down after 48 days in tier
- 2024-05-13 20+ → 30+ up after 76 days in tier
- 2024-02-27 30+ → 20+ down after 65 days in tier
- 2023-12-24 20+ → 30+ up after 255 days in tier
Competes with
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