Icon Widget
by seothemes · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 8 other plugins · 5.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display an icon, title and description with a widget or a shortcode.
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Health
C 57/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
4K+
≈4.5K estimated
Momentum
+15%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “fontawesome”, “icon” and “widget” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
57 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.0%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 99.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 934 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 934 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
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fa icon | #16 | #22 | 0 |
| fontawesome your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| icon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget 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). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “fontawesome”, “icon” and “widget” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4.2K · 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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% 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 “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 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 1 Nov 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ MD. Mamun Khan2.7y ago
How can I use the Font Awesome shortcode?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anita C9.1y ago
This works great and saves a lot of time. Easy for clients to manage.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.4.0 Fix: Default icon font fallback if no option set Fix: Sanitize widget heading Fix: Escape all translatable strings Fix: Required file checks before loading Add: Composer json file 1.4.0
- — Version 1.3.0 Fix: Escape all shortcode attributes 1.3.0
- — Version 1.2.6 Added font weight setting Refactor loops in admin widget view 1.2.6
- — Version 1.2.5 Fixed escaping quotes issue in widget content. 1.2.5
- — Version 1.2.4 Fixed default font family in admin widget view. Fixed quotes issue in widget. 1.2.4
- — Version 1.2.3 Fixed quotation marks bug. 1.2.3
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.4.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Icon Widget <= 1.3.0 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode ↗2024-04-19 CVE-2024-1993 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.0 Patched in 1.4.0
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Icon Widget <= 1.2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2023-01-03 CVE-2022-4763 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.6 Patched in 1.3.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display an icon, title and description with a widget or a shortcode."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,113 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "FontAwesome" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-27 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-26 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 5K+ → 4K+ down after 293 days in tier
- 2025-06-05 6K+ → 5K+ down after 187 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 7K+ → 6K+ down after 258 days in tier
- 2024-03-17 8K+ → 7K+ down after 28 days in tier
- 2024-02-18 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-17 8K+ → 7K+ down after 391 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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Font Awesome 400K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Font Awesome 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Block for Font Awesome Icons – Searchable Icon Picker, SVG, FA 7 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B - W Widget Icon 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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