Random Posts with Thumbnails
by wondermill · Uncategorized
Puts a list of clickable random posts with their featured image in your sidebar as a widget, this list is customizable.
41 health vs 56 average across 12,435 Uncategorized 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 5033 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
49
now · peak 151
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 205 days in tier
- 2025-12-17 60+ → 50+ down after 168 days in tier
- 2025-07-02 70+ → 60+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-06-23 60+ → 70+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-06-15 70+ → 60+ down after 234 days in tier
- 2024-10-24 80+ → 70+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-10-17 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-10-15 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Related Posts by Taxonomy 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - R Random Post for Widget 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Random Posts 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Random Posts Widget 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Advanced Random Posts 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Regenerate Thumbnails 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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