Genesis Subpage Sidebar
by Jon Schroeder · Uncategorized
This plugin replaces your Genesis primary sidebar with a list of child pages (supports custom post types). Only works with Genesis child themes.
45 health vs 59 average across 6,665 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4311 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
19
now · peak 73
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,366 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-21 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-06-18 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-17 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-16 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-06-13 90+ → 80+ down after 200 days in band
- 2025-11-25 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-23 90+ → 100+ up after 14 days in band
- 2025-11-09 100+ → 90+ down after 5 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Genesis Simple Menus 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Genesis Simple Hooks 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Genesis Connect for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Genesis Simple Sidebars 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Collapsing Categories 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - E Expanding Archives 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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