Gabfire Widget Pack
by Gabfire · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 710+ installs across the portfolio →
The Gabfire Widget Pack contains over a dozen useful widgets to extend your WordPress site. It is a free plugin that will work with ANY theme.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
600+
≈650 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “about us”, “author badge” and “post tabs” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 98.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2084 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.16★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2084 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| about us your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| author badge your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post tabs your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| related posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| text widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “about us”, “author badge” and “post tabs” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 337 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
5.7y ago
latest release · v1.4.14 · 15 Feb 2021
19
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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 54% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ümit Solmaz9.6y ago
update
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ümit Solmaz10.9y ago
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Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Monika Allstadt12.0y ago
Just as the Gabfire Themes, both free and premuim ones, the Gabfire Widget Pack is really cool and most comfortable to use. Love it! Thanks to the developers! Monika Allstadt http://geheimtipp.biz/
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wpweaver12.1y ago
Do not use this plugin until it is fixed. It violates official WordPress policy by using something other than the current “official” WP version of jQuery. This will almost certainly break your theme or other plugins. AVOID!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ frodo15112.3y ago
NO Icons available. Widget lists eighteen icon that are not part of the widget pack. Is that an upgrade? DO they only come with the themes? Not really very useful without them.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ estr12.7y ago
Thank you for your work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ foribg12.7y ago
good job Gabfire 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ColorFish.gr12.8y ago
i can’t say anything wrong. Smooth instalation and great functionality. A must have to all gabfire theme users!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,391 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "about us" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-16 700+ → 600+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 600+ → 700+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-17 700+ → 600+ down after 161 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-06 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-04 800+ → 700+ down after 216 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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VK All in One Expansion Unit 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Contextual Related Posts 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Related Posts Thumbnails 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Related Posts by Taxonomy 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Social LikeBox & Feed 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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