Most Popular Post Widget
by quazisazzad · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 340+ installs across the portfolio →
Shwon your most popular/viewed post with view count
45 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.20.
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 2123 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 2024-08-29 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
107
now · peak 107
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 · 92% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2020-06-19 · 12 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 ↗- ★★★★★ chrisbrandon5.4y ago
Plugin is easy to use, and it looks nice. But it doesn’t let you choose the date range, so you really have no idea what most popular means… this year? This month? This week?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ smartsoftcode7.1y ago
Most popular post is a nice plugin. here i see how many post see people and i can displaying view count number . that’s good
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ smsoft8.0y ago
This is an excellent plugin to count post view and display the popular post
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.5
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-29 400+ → 300+ down
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/most-popular-post" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Most Popular Post Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Most Popular Post Widget: 300+ active installs, 4.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/most-popular-post