Posts from Single Category Widget
by Shashi Dhar Kumar · Admin & Utilities
This plugin is a widget that displays a list of posts from single category on your sidebar. You can also assign how may words will be display for each …
43 health vs 53 average across 2,667 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1217 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
58
now · peak 174
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 “60+”. 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
- 2026-04-19 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-18 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-16 70+ → 60+ down after 30 days in band
- 2026-03-17 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-14 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-11 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-09 70+ → 60+ down after 230 days in band
- 2025-07-22 80+ → 70+ down after 109 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
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Widgets for Social Post Feed 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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