Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget
by Travis Smith · Uncategorized
Also makes 7 other plugins · 1.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Genesis Featured Content with support for custom post types, taxonomies, and so much more.
50 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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 3195 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
133
now · peak 217
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
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
8.8y ago
latest release · v1.2.6
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-06 · 1,425 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ staceyzav10.2y ago
LOVE this plugin. It gives you so much flexibility for creating custom feeds on your genesis site!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dave Barr10.3y ago
Does exactly what I needed it to and a lot more.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ David Gordon10.9y ago
Also has lots of great options to adjust the display
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MCD Diseño Web10.9y ago
Thank you very much for your efforts to develop this plugin, what I was looking for. Congratulations !!! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous10.9y ago
Great plugin. Works fine.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DavidB198411.3y ago
Functional and fast.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rengland7711.4y ago
Exactly what I needed to display posts from a CPT. Thanks for taking the time to share this with us.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nikcree11.9y ago
Great you have picked this up from where Nick left off. Love the fact you have included a number of hooks to allow us to take customise this plugin even further.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-06 2K+ → 1K+ down after 641 days in tier
- 2023-10-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-10-03 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-10-01 3K+ → 2K+ down
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).
- G Genesis Featured Widget Amplified 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags D
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Genesis Simple Hooks 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
Genesis Connect for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Genesis Simple Sidebars 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Genesis Simple Menus 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A - G Genesis Visual Hook Guide 700+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
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