Custom Etsy Widget
by jcoxwell · Admin & Utilities
This plugin adds a sidebar widget that is similar to Etsy Mini but allows control of styling and other parameters.
42 health vs 62 average across 952 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5741 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 77
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 564 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 94 days in band
- 2026-04-07 60+ → 70+ up after 35 days in band
- 2026-03-03 70+ → 60+ down after 65 days in band
- 2025-12-28 80+ → 70+ down after 137 days in band
- 2025-08-13 70+ → 80+ up after 13 days in band
- 2025-07-31 80+ → 70+ down after 191 days in band
- 2025-01-21 90+ → 80+ down after 167 days in band
- 2024-08-07 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
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