My Snippets
by Justin Tadlock · Admin & Utilities
Allows you to add custom widget content on a post-by-post basis from the edit post screen.
45 health vs 54 average across 3,694 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, 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 2703 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 73
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 “50+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-07 60+ → 50+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-25 60+ → 50+ down after 62 days in tier
- 2026-03-24 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-23 60+ → 50+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-03-12 50+ → 60+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-02-25 60+ → 50+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-02-16 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- D Disable Author Pages 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
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Feature A Page Widget 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D -
Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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