Newstastic Post Slider
by David Henry · Uncategorized
A quick way to display your recent posts on any page with a slider for paging.
42 health vs 58 average across 8,361 Uncategorized 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 4.0.0, 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 4274 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
57
now · peak 156
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 50+ down after 11 days in band
- 2026-06-29 50+ → 60+ up after 27 days in band
- 2026-06-02 60+ → 50+ down after 101 days in band
- 2026-02-21 70+ → 60+ down after 128 days in band
- 2025-10-16 80+ → 70+ down after 64 days in band
- 2025-08-13 70+ → 80+ up after 12 days in band
- 2025-08-01 80+ → 70+ down after 91 days in band
- 2025-05-02 90+ → 80+ down after 14 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- R Recent Posts 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
- E Enhanced Recent Posts 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Category Posts Widget 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B - R Recent Posts Plus 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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