Get Latest Tweets
by Paul Schreiber · Social
Also makes 1 other plugin · 40+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a shortcode tag [get_latest_tweets username='somename'] to display an excerpt from your latest blog post.
44 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3798 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 2022-10-06 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
46
now · peak 72
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
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
10.4y ago
latest release · v0.3
8
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,383 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 ↗- ★★★★★ schmenzkiewp9.8y ago
Hi Paul, thanks for this great plugin. I just updated to the latest version… and now the german special characters like ä ü ö don’t show up any more. Is there a simple solution for that? Thanks Chris
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Xtremefaith13.7y ago
As you will see from his site here: http://paulschreiber.com/blog/2011/02/11/how-to-display-tweets-on-a-wordpress-page/, great idea with a great start. Connects to Twitter API and outputs simple html giving devs the reigns to style away. Problem is, after you reload you’ll notice things are broken. Caching is necessary because of API rate limits, but caching doesn’t work. Developer keeps commenting the same comment to users when apparently that is not the solution (hasn’t worked for anyone yet). Chances are dev has given up on this project, sad though because it was exactly what I needed and will easily come back to it once this is fixed. It appears that WordPress has built in caching capability that the dev is not using, rather is making his own file caching for unknown reasons. Good luck finding another solution for now at least.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-11 50+ → 40+ down after 100 days in tier
- 2025-11-03 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-02 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-01 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-31 50+ → 60+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-10-19 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-10-16 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-10-11 60+ → 50+ down after 2 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).
- T Timeline Twitter Feed 100+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
- U Ultimate twitter profile widget 80+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags D
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Social Feeds 70+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Get Tweets in PHP 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
Easy Twitter Feed Widget Plugin 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter) 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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