Display Last Posts on Menu Item
by Sergio Sebastiani · Admin & Utilities
A plugin to dynamically display the latest posts in a specific menu item.
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈27 estimated
Momentum
-25%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “dynamic”, “menu” and “posts” 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.
60 health vs 56 average across 5,904 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 1.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 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.
Details
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: Update recency
Updated 494 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
3.0★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 494 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dynamic your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recent posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| update your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “dynamic”, “menu” and “posts” 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 15 Nov 2024 · 718 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 184 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.1.4 · 27 Jun 2025
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 68% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Nov 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Avantart11mo ago
I cannot get this plugin to work as it should with the theme Astra and there is no help in the support forum at all. This topic was modified 7 months, 3 weeks ago by Avantart. Reason: not 5, but only 1 star
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tampopo19691.8y ago
Thank you for your plugin. it does what it says , and what i needed.It will be great when you will be hooked at save_post and the list will update on its own. Keep on the good work. The 1.1.1 update adds a cron task. thank you. This topic was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by tampopo1969. This topic was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by tampopo1969. This topic was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by tampopo1969.
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 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 plugin to dynamically display the latest posts in a specific menu item."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 164 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "recent posts" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-26 10+ → 20+ up
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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Login or Logout Menu Item 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - B Bulk Post Update Date 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
- W WP Display Header 7K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
- J JC Submenu 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Category Posts in Custom Menu 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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