Featured Post Exclude Category for Genesis
by AMP-MODE · Admin & Utilities
A new featured posts widget for Genesis themes that allows you to exclude a category when selecting All Categories in the featured post widget.
46 health vs 54 average across 2,326 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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 1738 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
33
now · peak 81
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-07 70+ → 60+ down after 81 days in band
- 2026-01-16 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-15 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-14 60+ → 70+ up after 22 days in band
- 2025-12-23 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-21 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-20 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-17 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Genesis Simple Hooks 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Genesis Connect for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Genesis Simple Sidebars 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Genesis Featured Page Advanced 7K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
Genesis Widget Column Classes 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Genesis Simple Menus 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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