Guardian News Headlines
by openplatform · Admin & Utilities
Shows the latest headlines from a selectable news category in a sidebar widget. Headlines link to the live article on the Guardian.
43 health vs 55 average across 2,089 Admin & Utilities 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 3.4.2, 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 4274 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
22
now · peak 63
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-01-21 30+ → 20+ down after 12 days in band
- 2025-01-09 20+ → 30+ up after 13 days in band
- 2024-12-27 30+ → 20+ down after 516 days in band
- 2023-07-30 40+ → 30+ down after 58 days in band
- 2023-06-02 30+ → 40+ up after 23 days in band
- 2023-05-10 40+ → 30+ down after 8 days in band
- 2023-05-02 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-04-29 40+ → 30+ down after 184 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/guardian-news-headlines" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Guardian News Headlines — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Guardian News Headlines: 20+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/guardian-news-headlines