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Front Page Custom Post Type

by Nick Halsey · Uncategorized

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If you use custom post types, you may wish to display recent posts of a custom type in place of recent posts on your front page.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
81 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 68/100
Support 70/100

81 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

100+

Active installs

≈150 estimated

5.8K

Total downloads

since 2016

3.75★

Rating (adjusted)

3.4★ raw · 5 reviews

+7%

97

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

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.

86 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+7% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

97

now · peak 162

9730d downloads · Aug 26

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

Front Page Custom Po · #15877 you Custom Front Page · #7214 Frontype · #10228 Black Studio Homepag · #19206

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.4Stars · Aug 26

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.

970per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
100–200 ≈150

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

Install history · since 2016-12-28 · 1,385 observations

100Installs · 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 · 5 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
2

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
1mo ago
Added
2016-10-07 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
4.4
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Lucas
    3.8y ago

    The plugin does what it has to do. Do not look for the options in the admin panel but in the customize front end options.

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  2. ★★★★★ chanelwp
    5.7y ago

    Really easy…installed, selected the custom post type, and it works! Thank you.

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  3. ★★★★★ Mav-IT Kft.
    6.4y ago

    Did nothing.

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  4. ★★★★★ geo2arc
    6.6y ago

    It is simple and works well. Just go to Customizer > Front page options and select the post type you want to appear on the front page

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  5. ★★★★★ ben.at
    7.4y ago

    No change in customizer or WordPress read options.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ 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

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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