Hybrid Hook Widgets
by Justin Tadlock · Admin & Utilities
Adds 11 new widget areas to the Hybrid WordPress theme framework using its action hooks.
41 health vs 56 average across 1,573 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8, 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 6246 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
28
now · peak 66
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,369 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 80+ up after 11 days in band
- 2026-06-29 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-06-25 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-24 80+ → 70+ down after 198 days in band
- 2025-12-08 90+ → 80+ down after 62 days in band
- 2025-10-07 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widget Context 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - S SpiceBox 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
- C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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Widget Content Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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