Recent Posts by Category Widget
by Ross Cornell · Admin & Utilities
Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “4K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-21 · 1,388 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-10-29 5K+ → 4K+ down after 479 days in band
- 2023-07-08 6K+ → 5K+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Category Posts Widget 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
List Custom Taxonomy Widget 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C -
Collapsing Categories 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Categorized Tag Cloud 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B - C Custom Recent Posts Widget 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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