MailChimp Subscribe Widget
by shonezlo · Admin & Utilities
Provides a widget that allows people to subscribe to a MailChimp list of your choice.
41 health vs 55 average across 1,986 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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 4305 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
18
now · peak 54
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 · 1,367 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-11 20+ → 10+ down after 153 days in band
- 2025-08-11 10+ → 20+ up after 49 days in band
- 2025-06-23 20+ → 10+ down after 53 days in band
- 2025-05-01 10+ → 20+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-04-25 20+ → 10+ down after 27 days in band
- 2025-03-29 10+ → 20+ up after 8 days in band
- 2025-03-21 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-03-15 10+ → 20+ 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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Genesis eNews Extended 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Download After Email – Subscribe & Download Form Plugin 7K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Mail Subscribe List 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - S Simple Link List Widget 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Mailchimp Widget by ProteusThemes 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/mailchimp-subscribe-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="MailChimp Subscribe Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> MailChimp Subscribe Widget: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/mailchimp-subscribe-widget