Recent Posts Plus
by pjgalbraith · Admin & Utilities
An advanced version of the WordPress Recent Posts widget, allows display of thumbnails, post excerpt, author, comment count, and more.
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 “1K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 1379 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-03-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-03-28 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-03-27 2K+ → 1K+ down after 498 days in band
- 2022-11-15 3K+ → 2K+ down
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/recent-posts-plus" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Recent Posts Plus — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Recent Posts Plus: 1K+ active installs, 4.8★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/recent-posts-plus