Featured Post Exclude Category for Genesis
by AMP-MODE · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 12 other plugins · 11.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
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 3,792 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 5.8.15.
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 1783 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
53
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
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
4.9y ago
latest release · v1.0.4
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-12-06 · 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 ↗- ★★★★★ sdwhite607.8y ago
This is perfect! It corrects a seemingly obvious flaw in StudioPress’ though processes for this functionality. The only thing I would add in the documentation is that it should be used to REPLACE the Genesis plugin completely. It may have been lack of coffee on my part when I was installing it but took me a second to realize that I needed to remove the Genesis version and replace it with this one.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rmizrah18.6y ago
Work like charm. Thank You
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Scott DeLuzio9.1y ago
Really easy way to exclude a category from the Featured Post widget.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8.1
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-07 70+ → 60+ down after 81 days in tier
- 2026-01-16 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-15 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-14 60+ → 70+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2025-12-23 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-21 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-20 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-12-17 60+ → 70+ up after 1 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).
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Genesis Simple Hooks 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
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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