Legal News Headlines
by troycobb · Content & Feeds
Do you run a law blog? Want to give your readers fresh legal news? This WordPress plugin adds a sidebar widget that displays a mix of current legal ne …
42 health vs 60 average across 488 Content & Feeds 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 3.4.2, 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 5089 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
13
now · peak 57
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 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-04 20+ → 10+ down after 594 days in band
- 2024-08-18 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-17 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-16 30+ → 20+ down after 324 days in band
- 2023-09-27 40+ → 30+ down after 182 days in band
- 2023-03-29 50+ → 40+ down after 22 days in band
- 2023-03-07 60+ → 50+ down after 77 days in band
- 2022-12-20 50+ → 60+ up after 73 days in band
Competes with
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RSS Image Feed 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - R RSS Just Better 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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- W WP Pubsubhubbub 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Syndicate Press 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/legal-news-headlines" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Legal News Headlines — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Legal News Headlines: 10+ active installs, 1.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/legal-news-headlines