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Random Posts

by RobMarsh · Uncategorized

Displays a list of random posts.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 68/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 69 average across 3,034 Uncategorized plugins

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-47% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

40

now · peak 264

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

Random Posts · #10211 Random Post for Widg · #4991 Random Posts Widget · #10849 Recent Posts Plus · #7073

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 “300+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈340

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations

Details

Version
2.6.2.0
Last updated
8.6y ago
Added
2008-03-23 · 18 yrs on WP
Requires WP
1.5
Tested up to
2.6.2
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-05 400+ → 300+ down after 5 days in band
  2. 2026-05-31 300+ → 400+ up after 16 days in band
  3. 2026-05-15 400+ → 300+ down after 325 days in band
  4. 2025-06-24 500+ → 400+ down after 273 days in band
  5. 2024-09-24 600+ → 500+ down after 43 days in band
  6. 2024-08-12 700+ → 600+ down after 10 days in band
  7. 2024-08-02 800+ → 700+ down after 11 days in band
  8. 2024-07-22 900+ → 800+ down after 31 days in band

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Random Posts: 300+ active installs, 2.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/random-posts-plugin