Recent Posts Widget Plus
by Johan van der Wijk · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 23.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin allows you to display the most recent posts with an excerpt in a WordPress sidebar widget area.
48 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1033 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
121
now · peak 546
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
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.8y ago
latest release · v1.2.1
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 75% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-11-20 · 1,422 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ travisreames10.2y ago
Works great, does exactly as it says n shows. Future Feature Suggestion An optional Next button would be awesome. Then one you’ve clicked next to see the next 5 or 10, have a back button. Thanx again for the hard work. Keep it up!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-24 600+ → 500+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-07 600+ → 500+ down after 162 days in tier
- 2025-09-26 700+ → 600+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2025-09-04 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-03 700+ → 600+ down after 225 days in tier
- 2025-01-21 800+ → 700+ down after 146 days in tier
- 2024-08-28 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A - R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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Image Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/recent-posts-widget-plus" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Recent Posts Widget Plus — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Recent Posts Widget Plus: 500+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/recent-posts-widget-plus