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GS Posts Widget

by GS Plugins · Admin & Utilities

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Best Responsive WordPress Posts Widget Plugin to display latest Posts elegantly.

Removed from WordPress.org

wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-08-04 — at the author’s request. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
64 Health · C
Maintenance 47/100
Rating quality 80/100
Support 70/100

64 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins

200+

Active installs

≈250 estimated

12.0K

Total downloads

since 2017

4.17★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 4 reviews

-41%

38

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

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.

76 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 55/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 489 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-41% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

38

now · peak 361

4730d downloads · Jul 26

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

GS Posts Widget · #11876 you Recent Posts by Cate · #3433 Recent Posts Widget · #347 Category Posts Block · #873

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.

235per 1k installs · Jul 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.3y ago

latest release · v1.2.9

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.9 · 1.3y ago1.2.8 · 2.8y ago1.2.7 · 3.4y ago1.2.6 · 5.3y ago1.2.5 · 6.0y ago1.2.4 · 6.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈250

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations

200Installs · Jul 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Ratings · 4 reviews

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5★
4 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.2.9
Last updated
1.3y ago
Added
2017-06-15 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
4.3
Tested up to
6.8.5
Requires PHP
5.6
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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

  1. Medium · 4.3 Appsero <= 2.0.0 - Missing Authorization via handle_optin_optout ↗
    2024-04-11 CVE-2024-32110 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.2.9 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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-03-09 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-08 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-03-05 200+ → 300+ up after 12 days in tier
  5. 2026-02-21 300+ → 200+ down after 449 days in tier
  6. 2024-11-29 400+ → 300+ down after 294 days in tier
  7. 2024-02-09 500+ → 400+ down after 10 days in tier
  8. 2024-01-30 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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