Easy Popular Posts Widget
by rakib8373 · Admin & Utilities
By using this plugin you able to show most popular posts as a widget on your blog based on filters.
41 health vs 54 average across 2,430 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 4.5.33, 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 3682 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
51
now · peak 1.5K
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,383 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Most Popular 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D -
Popular Posts by Webline 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags C -
WP Popular Posts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Statify Widget 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A - P Popular Posts 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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