Posts per Cat
by Aleksandar Urošević · Uncategorized
Group recent posts by category and show them inside boxes organized to columns.
69 health vs 58 average across 7,806 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 431 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
71
now · peak 224
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 “200+”. 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
- 2026-06-30 300+ → 200+ down after 459 days in band
- 2025-03-28 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-03-26 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-03-23 400+ → 300+ down after 380 days in band
- 2024-03-08 500+ → 400+ down after 318 days in band
- 2023-04-25 600+ → 500+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Category Posts Widget 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A - R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B - E Expanding Archives 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- T TW Recent Posts Widget 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- C Custom Recent Posts Widget 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/posts-per-cat" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Posts per Cat — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Posts per Cat: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/posts-per-cat