Recent & Featured Posts Widget
by graysea · Media
Display recent posts or manually selected posts with thumbnail images. Show the excerpt directly on the page or as a dropdown.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “600+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 1380 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-13 500+ → 600+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-08-09 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-08 500+ → 600+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-08-04 600+ → 500+ down after 328 days in band
- 2024-09-10 500+ → 600+ up after 44 days in band
- 2024-07-28 400+ → 500+ up after 562 days in band
- 2023-01-13 500+ → 400+ down after 44 days in band
- 2022-11-30 400+ → 500+ up
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/recent-featured-posts-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Recent & Featured Posts Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Recent & Featured Posts Widget: 600+ active installs, 4.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/recent-featured-posts-widget