Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner
by jottlieb · Uncategorized
This shows your site's visitors a personalized list of posts and pages they have recently viewed.
54 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 628 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
144
now · peak 305
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
1.7y ago
latest release · v1.0.2
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 62% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-15 · 1,424 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ zonkeroo1.6y ago
This appears to be the only widget to show an end user the last post they viewed. My site is a WIKI type of site and users may get lost so this would be extremely helpful.It works – BUT:You cannot adjust the large heading or indentation in the sidebar – I can sort of live with that – BUT – Worst is you cannot set a post limit. The list of last viewed posts goes on forever. It seems like such an obvious setting to add, it boggles the mind that they left it out. Ruins the widget. Can’t live with this fail.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JJNW6.7y ago
Several issues with this plugin. Great idea, but too many errors: preg_replace(): The /e modifier is no longer supported, use preg_replace_callback instead in last_viewed_posts.php on line 64, or like Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by last_viewed_posts.php on line 87, etc.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sydneycraig13.3y ago
great plugin and support is excellent 5*
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
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 6.7.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-14 600+ → 500+ down after 755 days in tier
- 2023-07-21 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-07-19 600+ → 700+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2023-07-10 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-09 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-07-07 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-06 600+ → 700+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2023-06-23 700+ → 600+ down
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