Easy Profile Widget
by Jeffrey Carandang · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 7 other plugins · 3.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display User Profile Section with Gravatar on your sidebar widgets easily.
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Health
D 51/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “about me”, “about me widget” and “profile widget” 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.
51 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.8%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 21.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,190 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.
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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3587 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 76 reviews, smoothed to 4.52★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3587 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| about me your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| about me widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| profile widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widgets 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
- “about me”, “about me widget” and “profile widget” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 177 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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 “400+”. 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 50% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Oct 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ vinhngo09066.0y ago
Hey, amazing product
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ľubomír Šottník7.2y ago
Functional and easy to use
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ arashnejad7.5y ago
Simple and working nice
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thibohoff7.5y ago
Simple and clean look. I wish it had the ability to use rectangular/square photo other than just round. Otherwise great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mej de Castro7.6y ago
Very useful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ shurayuki807.6y ago
Very nice plugin, simple and lightweight, it does what it’s supposed to.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hurriedhealthnut7.7y ago
I wish it were more customizable (formatting options), but it gets the job done.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ojoanna7.9y ago
Really great plugin,with lot of functionalities. worth to try
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display User Profile Section with Gravatar on your sidebar widgets easily."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 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 6 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,113 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "about me widget" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-16 500+ → 400+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-03-09 400+ → 500+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 500+ → 400+ down after 302 days in tier
- 2025-05-06 600+ → 500+ down after 246 days in tier
- 2024-09-02 700+ → 600+ down after 180 days in tier
- 2024-03-06 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-03-04 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-03 800+ → 700+ down after 182 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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- C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
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Widget Content Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
AH Display Widgets 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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