Locus
by Diana K. Cury · Uncategorized
Locus allows you display any post, page or post type in widgetized areas of you site.
45 health vs 59 average across 7,173 Uncategorized 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4474 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
50
now · peak 153
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 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-16 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-15 30+ → 40+ up after 69 days in band
- 2025-06-07 40+ → 30+ down after 253 days in band
- 2024-09-27 50+ → 40+ down after 36 days in band
- 2024-08-22 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-08-18 70+ → 60+ down after 18 days in band
- 2024-07-31 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-07-29 70+ → 80+ up after 1 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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Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags B -
Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D -
SEO Auto Linker 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
List category posts 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Category Posts Widget 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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