Favorite Links Widget
by Anil Kumar Panigrahi · Uncategorized
Get the new Favorite links widget which can display Favorite links in your WordPress blog or site sidebar. Developed by Anil Kumar Panigrahi.
45 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.35, 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 3546 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
76
now · peak 151
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-06-04 · 1,383 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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sueleo10.9y ago
Hi. This plug-in is a nice widget, however it only can accommodate one link. It would be great if you can simply continue to add your favorite links in one widget. I have many recommended sites that I would like to post on my side bar. Maybe you can add this functionality?
Read on wp.org ↗ - Read on wp.org ↗★★★★★ Anil Kumar Panigrahi10.9y ago
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-07 200+ → 100+ down after 757 days in tier
- 2023-09-11 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-10 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-09-08 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-07 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-09-05 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-04 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-03 300+ → 200+ down
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/favorite-links-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Favorite Links Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Favorite Links Widget: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/favorite-links-widget