NS Category Widget
by Nilambar Sharma · Admin & Utilities
A plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “1K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-12-02 · 1,383 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-06-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-06-18 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-06-15 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-06-13 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-06-12 2K+ → 1K+ down after 534 days in band
- 2022-12-26 3K+ → 2K+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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List Custom Taxonomy Widget 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C - R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
- T Taxonomy Dropdown Widget 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
- T Taxonomy List Widget 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
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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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