Featured Posts Widget
by tomsinger · Admin & Utilities
A Wordpress plugin to create a Featured Posts widget
43 health vs 63 average across 857 Admin & Utilities 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4604 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
23
now · peak 65
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-30 40+ → 30+ down after 20 days in band
- 2025-08-10 30+ → 40+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-08-01 40+ → 30+ down after 401 days in band
- 2024-06-26 50+ → 40+ down after 287 days in band
- 2023-09-13 60+ → 50+ down after 309 days in band
- 2022-11-08 70+ → 60+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Bulk Images to Posts 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Post List Featured Image 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - F Featured Post 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Recent & Featured Posts Widget 600+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/featured-posts-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Featured Posts Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Featured Posts Widget: 30+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/featured-posts-widget