Older Posts Widget
by techallica · Admin & Utilities
Widget which displays the older posts starting from the x-th recent post on the home page side bar or any other widget area.
45 health vs 63 average across 851 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5293 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
18
now · peak 53
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 1260 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 30+ → 20+ down after 126 days in band
- 2026-03-08 20+ → 30+ up after 12 days in band
- 2026-02-24 30+ → 20+ down after 355 days in band
- 2025-03-06 40+ → 30+ down after 41 days in band
- 2025-01-24 30+ → 40+ up after 20 days in band
- 2025-01-04 40+ → 30+ down after 406 days in band
- 2023-11-25 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-11-24 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in band
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