Recent Posts Widget Plus
by Johan van der Wijk · Admin & Utilities
This plugin allows you to display the most recent posts with an excerpt in a WordPress sidebar widget area.
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
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 “500+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 1377 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-24 600+ → 500+ down after 14 days in band
- 2026-03-10 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-07 600+ → 500+ down after 162 days in band
- 2025-09-26 700+ → 600+ down after 22 days in band
- 2025-09-04 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-03 700+ → 600+ down after 225 days in band
- 2025-01-21 800+ → 700+ down after 146 days in band
- 2024-08-28 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in band
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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 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/recent-posts-widget-plus