Recent Posts with Excerpts
by Stephanie Leary · Uncategorized
A widget that lists your most recent posts with optional excerpts.
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 “700+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 1378 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-08 800+ → 700+ down after 114 days in band
- 2025-10-17 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-15 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-13 900+ → 800+ down after 31 days in band
- 2025-09-12 800+ → 900+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-09-05 900+ → 800+ down after 24 days in band
- 2025-08-12 800+ → 900+ up after 16 days in band
- 2025-07-27 900+ → 800+ down after 127 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/recent-posts-with-excerpts" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Recent Posts with Excerpts — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Recent Posts with Excerpts: 700+ active installs, 5.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/recent-posts-with-excerpts