GS Posts Widget
by GS Plugins · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 18 other plugins · 40.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Best Responsive WordPress Posts Widget Plugin to display latest Posts elegantly.
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Health
C 62/100
Stale · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
-41%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “categories”, “posts” and “recent posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
62 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 12K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,190 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 551 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.5, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 551 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| categories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recent posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “categories”, “posts” and “recent posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 361 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
1.5y ago
latest release · v1.2.9 · 29 Apr 2025
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.2.9). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
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.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-09 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-08 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-05 200+ → 300+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-02-21 300+ → 200+ down after 449 days in tier
- 2024-11-29 400+ → 300+ down after 294 days in tier
- 2024-02-09 500+ → 400+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2024-01-30 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags D
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Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A - N Newpost Catch 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A
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Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D -
Collapsing Categories 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B - E Expanding Archives 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/posts-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="GS Posts Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> GS Posts Widget: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/posts-widget
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