Monster Widget
by Automattic · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 68 other plugins · 18.2M+ installs across the portfolio →
Provides a quick and easy method of adding all core widgets to a sidebar for testing purposes.
48 health vs 54 average across 3,791 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, 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 3213 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
204
now · peak 866
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
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-06-02 · 1,442 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mythemes9.2y ago
Good job and it is very useful for me
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ peterorpete10.5y ago
Super useful, has most of the development plugins you will need
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Brandon Hubbard10.8y ago
This is a great tool for theme testing.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ShapedTheme11.1y ago
Great Widget testing plugin 🙂 Keep up
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous11.9y ago
This plugin makes it so easy to test widget and sidebar styling in themes. It’s awesome!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ burak12.5y ago
It’s useful. When you use this plugin, you save your time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Stefan Brechbuehl13.0y ago
Good stuff!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Stanko Metodiev13.2y ago
A really useful plugin! Especially for theme testing.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-06 800+ → 700+ down after 55 days in tier
- 2026-06-12 900+ → 800+ down after 50 days in tier
- 2026-04-23 1K+ → 900+ down after 165 days in tier
- 2025-11-09 900+ → 1K+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2025-10-19 1K+ → 900+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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