Hide Uncategorized from Category Sidebar Widget
by John Weissberg · Uncategorized
This plugin hides category Uncategorized from the category sidebar widget
41 health vs 56 average across 11,396 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, 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 2193 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
29
now · peak 65
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-11 80+ → 70+ down after 120 days in band
- 2026-03-13 90+ → 80+ down after 213 days in band
- 2025-08-12 100+ → 90+ down
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/hide-uncategorized-from-category-sidebar-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Hide Uncategorized from Category Sidebar Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Hide Uncategorized from Category Sidebar Widget: 80+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hide-uncategorized-from-category-sidebar-widget