Fast Short News
by codnloc · Admin & Utilities
A plugin to fast post and display short news updates on the front-end page or widget.
65 health vs 55 average across 2,061 Admin & Utilities plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 467 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 2024-11-04 · 620 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
28
now · peak 189
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2024-11-09 · 614 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-19 10+ → 20+ up after 268 days in band
- 2025-03-26 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
-
T4B News Ticker – Responsive News Scroller, Slider, and Animations 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Vertical News Scroller 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Live News – Responsive News Ticker 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag C -
TopNewsWp – Display Tikcer News, RSS Feed Widget and Many More 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
News 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
News Ticker – Floating Headlines & Sticky Alerts 100+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Fast Short News into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/fast-short-news" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Fast Short News — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Fast Short News: 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/fast-short-news