FG Fix Serialized Strings

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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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 72% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ kdevanti

   9.6y ago

   Fix the broken go_portfolio galleries after switching to SSL

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2. ★★★★★ bhenselmann

   10.3y ago

   the plugin might be able to fix serialized strings for widgets, but it was not working for fixing a serialized string from a plugin (global content block) with nested data arrays. It seems, that it simply looks for the first pair of double quotes and counts the character between.

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3. ★★★★★ dabbmedia

   12.7y ago

   This plugin did not resolve the issue of disappearing text widgets after changing the domain name in a database dump. However, it did make the modifications I intended to do manually. The plugin is very cleanly coded, likely not to fail gracefully before affecting other installed plugins or theme functions or classes.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-07 200+ → 100+ down after 811 days in tier
2. 2024-05-18 300+ → 200+ down after 273 days in tier
3. 2023-08-19 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-08-18 500+ → 400+ down after 19 days in tier
5. 2023-07-30 600+ → 500+ down after 34 days in tier
6. 2023-06-26 700+ → 600+ down after 126 days in tier
7. 2023-02-20 800+ → 700+ down after 37 days in tier
8. 2023-01-14 900+ → 800+ down 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).

• One Click Demo Import 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• Ocean Extra 500K+ installs · 3.4★ · 1 shared tag B
• SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets & Templates for WordPress 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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FG Fix Serialized Strings: 100+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/fg-fix-serialized-strings