Post To Sidebar
by dmallon · Admin & Utilities
A WordPress plugin/widget that gives you the ability to put content (posts and custom post types) in your sidebar.
45 health vs 53 average across 2,817 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 3.2.1, 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 5371 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
137
now · peak 182
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-02 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-28 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-24 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-23 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-20 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-19 40+ → 30+ down after 361 days in tier
- 2025-02-23 50+ → 40+ down after 104 days in tier
Competes with
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/post-to-sidebar" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Post To Sidebar — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Post To Sidebar: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/post-to-sidebar