Good Old Twitter Feed Widget
by whiletrue · Social
Also makes 6 other plugins · 2.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Shows the latest tweets from a Twitter account in a sidebar widget.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “sidebar” for “retweet”. “sidebar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “retweet” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
45 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 28.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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 1467 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1467 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| retweet | #10 | #12 | 0 |
| sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 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
- Swap “sidebar” for “retweet”. “sidebar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “retweet” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 299 · 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
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
4.0y ago
latest release · v1.2.6 · 26 Oct 2022
4
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Apr 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ duckinformatica11.0y ago
Good very useful!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ whiletrue11.0y ago
I really like it!
Read on wp.org ↗
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Shows the latest tweets from a Twitter account in a sidebar widget."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "if you want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,645 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("social", "social sidebar", "twitter sidebar" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-27 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-26 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-25 500+ → 400+ down after 217 days in tier
- 2025-07-23 600+ → 500+ down after 203 days in tier
- 2025-01-01 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-31 600+ → 700+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2024-12-09 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-12-06 600+ → 700+ up after 5 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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Juiz Last Tweet Widget 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Seed Social 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - Я Яндекс Поделиться 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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