Popular Posts by Webline
by WeblineIndia · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 14 other plugins · 5.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Popular Posts will display the posts according to the filters applied from widget settings.
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Health
C 56/100
Stale · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
1K+
≈1.8K estimated
Momentum
+43%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “popular”, “popular content” and “popular posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
56 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.3%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 30.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 693 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 7.1
4.0★ over 9 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 693 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| popular your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popular content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popular posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popular posts widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “popular”, “popular content” and “popular posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 695 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.9y ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 10 Dec 2024
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.5 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.
Install history since 27 Apr 2015
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.1.1). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Popular Posts by Webline <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-27 CVE-2025-62900 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.1 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.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Popular Posts will display the posts according to the filters applied from widget settings."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,510 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "popular content", "popular posts widget" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-05-14 900+ → 1K+ up after 115 days in tier
- 2023-01-19 1K+ → 900+ down after 892 days in tier
- 2020-08-10 3K+ → 1K+ down after 1112 days in tier
- 2017-07-25 100+ → 3K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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WP Most Popular 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D - P Popular Posts 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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WP Popular Posts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Most And Least Read Posts Widget 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Related Posts 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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