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by Giustino Borzacchiello · Admin & Utilities

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A really simple way of putting featured posts on your website.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

300+

Active installs

≈350 estimated

57.1K

Total downloads

since 2010

4.12★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+63%

70

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5090 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-08-29 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+63% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

70

now · peak 70

7030d downloads · Aug 29

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

Featured Post with t · #9983 you Post Duplicator · #221 WP Admin UI Customiz · #1073 Public Post Preview · #2013

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.

233per 1k installs · Aug 29

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

13.9y ago

latest release · v1.5.2

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.2 · 13.9y ago1.5.1 · 14.0y ago1.5 · 14.1y ago1.4 · 16.5y ago1.3 · 16.5y ago1.2 · 16.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.5 94%
v1.4 5.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
300–400 ≈350

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2016-06-04 · 23 observations

300Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.5.2
Last updated
13.9y ago
Added
2010-02-16 · 16 yrs old
Requires WP
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Tested up to
3.4.2
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ krikabati
    13.2y ago

    Very important plugin. Works just as advertised. Thanks.

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  2. ★★★★★ Donald
    13.4y ago

    This plugin is simple and effective. It does what it says on the tin. If you want to see it working on a website with Italian content just go here: Tutto Irlanda , it works with Swift Design Theme. 5 start rating Thanks

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  3. ★★★★★ Niklas Andersen
    13.7y ago

    If you want to see it in action: check any page beside the front page on nagmusik. It works great, but the size of text i had to change in the editor.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-29 400+ → 300+ down

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