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News, Magazine and Blog Elements

by aThemeArt · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 4 other plugins · 11.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

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News, Magazine and Blog Elements is shipped as Visual Composer addon , Page builder Widgets, Widgets & Shortcode.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 63/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins

60+

Active installs

≈67 estimated

9.7K

Total downloads

since 2017

3.55★

Rating (adjusted)

2.5★ raw · 4 reviews

+31%

80

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 53/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3071 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+31% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

80

now · peak 154

8030d downloads · Aug 26

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

News, Magazine and B · #19586 you News Announcement Sc · #4707 Custom News Widget · #25960 Simple News and Slid · #46514

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

2.5Stars · Aug 26

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.

1.3Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.3 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
60–70 ≈67

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2018-02-27 · 1,390 observations

60Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 4 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
2

Details

Version
1.3
Last updated
8.4y ago
Added
2017-09-18 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP
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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

  1. Medium · 6.4 News, Magazine and Blog Elements <= 1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31740 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3 No patch available

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✕ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-12-03 70+ → 60+ down after 4 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-29 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-28 70+ → 60+ down after 158 days in tier
  4. 2025-06-23 80+ → 70+ down after 7 days in tier
  5. 2025-06-16 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
  6. 2025-06-10 80+ → 70+ down after 128 days in tier
  7. 2025-02-02 90+ → 80+ down after 95 days in tier
  8. 2024-10-30 80+ → 90+ up after 51 days in tier

Competes with

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