Easy Image Widget
by Rakesh Lawaju (Racase) · Admin & Utilities
A Simple WordPress image widget that uses the native WordPress media manager or custom image link to add image widgets to site.
45 health vs 53 average across 2,773 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, well behind 6.8.
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 3882 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
28
now · peak 97
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-03 50+ → 40+ down after 82 days in tier
- 2025-09-12 40+ → 50+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-08-31 50+ → 40+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2025-08-15 40+ → 50+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2025-07-21 50+ → 40+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2025-07-05 40+ → 50+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2025-06-14 50+ → 40+ down after 200 days in tier
- 2024-11-26 60+ → 50+ down after 18 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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All In One Favicon 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D - S SpiceBox 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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Meks Easy Ads Widget 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - N Newpost Catch 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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