Expanding Archives
by Ashley · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 4.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin adds a new widget where you can view your old posts by expanding certain years and months.
52 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 889 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
325
now · peak 1.8K
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
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.
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
2.4y ago
latest release · v2.1.0
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 4K+ in roughly 156 days.
Install history · since 2015-10-23 · 1,436 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.1.0 New: Added support (via a filter) for specifying a cut-off date. See readme FAQ for details. 2.1.0
- — Version 2.0.2 Refactor: Posts are now retrieved via a custom REST API endpoint, instead of the default. This allows developers to more easily filter the query arguments for retrieving posts. 2.0.2
- — Version 2.0.1 Fix: Only showing a max of 10 posts in a month. Now it will show up to 100. 2.0.1
- — Version 2.0 Dev: Plugin has been rewritten (should be backwards compatible). Dev: Removed jQuery dependency (and dropped IE support). Dev: Remove Font Awesome spinner in favour of vanilla CSS. Fix: Invalid HTML when the site has no 2.0
- — Version 1.1.1 Added filters that allow developers to easily modify the archive list. 1.1.1
- — Version 1.1.0 Added a new option in the widget where you can choose to auto expand the current month or not. 1.1.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 129 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 105 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-19 2K+ → 3K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 2K+ → 3K+ up after 373 days in tier
- 2025-04-07 3K+ → 2K+ down after 264 days in tier
- 2024-07-17 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-16 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-15 2K+ → 3K+ up after 293 days in tier
- 2023-09-26 1K+ → 2K+ up after 139 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).
- N Newpost Catch 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
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Collapsing Categories 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Collapsing Archives 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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