Random Pages Widget
by Unknown · Admin & Utilities
Displays random posts and pages in sidebar. This increases the number of indexed pages and gives users an interesting way to browse your site.
41 health vs 58 average across 1,354 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.6, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 6087 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
53
now · peak 146
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-15 30+ → 20+ down after 350 days in band
- 2025-06-30 40+ → 30+ down after 91 days in band
- 2025-03-31 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-30 40+ → 30+ down after 44 days in band
- 2025-02-14 30+ → 40+ up after 8 days in band
- 2025-02-06 40+ → 30+ down after 195 days in band
- 2024-07-26 50+ → 40+ down after 60 days in band
- 2024-05-27 60+ → 50+ down after 125 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C
- S SpiceBox 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B
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Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D -
Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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