Featured Post Widget
by tepelstreel · Admin & Utilities
With the Featured Post Widget you can put a certain post in the focus and style it differently.
44 health vs 65 average across 753 Admin & Utilities plugins
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
41
now · peak 130
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 “300+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
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
- 2026-01-28 400+ → 300+ down after 262 days in band
- 2025-05-11 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-10 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-05-08 500+ → 400+ down after 25 days in band
- 2025-04-13 400+ → 500+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-04-06 500+ → 400+ down after 199 days in band
- 2024-09-19 600+ → 500+ down after 199 days in band
- 2024-03-04 700+ → 600+ down after 150 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/post-feature-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Featured Post Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Featured Post Widget: 300+ active installs, 4.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/post-feature-widget