LATEST-POST-NEW
by Uvais · Admin & Utilities
Using Recent post widget You can select the post type from available custom post type or post and display it in side bar.
45 health vs 53 average across 3,090 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4845 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
13
now · peak 56
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-05-10 20+ → 10+ down after 149 days in tier
- 2023-12-13 10+ → 20+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2023-11-27 20+ → 10+ down after 57 days in tier
- 2023-10-01 10+ → 20+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2023-07-15 20+ → 10+ down after 59 days in tier
- 2023-05-17 10+ → 20+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2023-04-18 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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BlogLentor – Blog Designer Pack for Elementor 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Post slider elementor addons 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/latest-post-new" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="LATEST-POST-NEW — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> LATEST-POST-NEW: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/latest-post-new