Limit Widgets
by Patrick Rauland · Admin & Utilities
A plugin for WordPress that limits the number of widgets in a sidebar.
45 health vs 54 average across 2,392 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 4173 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
25
now · peak 88
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-25 40+ → 30+ down after 336 days in band
- 2025-05-24 50+ → 40+ down after 98 days in band
- 2025-02-15 40+ → 50+ up after 32 days in band
- 2025-01-14 50+ → 40+ down after 46 days in band
- 2024-11-29 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-28 70+ → 60+ down after 44 days in band
- 2024-10-15 80+ → 70+ down after 194 days in band
- 2024-04-04 90+ → 80+ down after 48 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Image Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Meks Simple Flickr Widget 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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