Recently Updated Pages and Posts
by Corey Salzano · Uncategorized
Also makes 10 other plugins · 7.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Creates a sidebar widget that lists recently updated pages and posts including newly published items.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈100 estimated
Momentum
+94%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “list pages” for “updated”. “list pages” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “updated” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 128 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| recently updated | #1 | #11 | 0 |
| recently | #3 | #23 | 0 |
| updated | #4 | #22 | down 1 |
| list updated pages your tag | #4 | #24 | 0 |
| list updated posts your tag | #4 | #22 | up 1 |
| newest posts your tag | #9 | #21 | — |
| updated at | #5 | #23 | 0 |
| updated posts | #5 | #24 | 0 |
| last updated posts | #5 | #22 | 0 |
| last updated | #9 | #22 | 0 |
| recent pages | #14 | #24 | up 1 |
| list pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recent updates your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
18 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “list pages” for “updated”. “list pages” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “updated” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 146 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 27 Jun 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 100.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 1012 days.
Install history since 26 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous10.4y ago
There’s a saying that well written clean code will always work. This plugin is just such a case in point. Last updated over 4 years ago but it works 100% perfect on WordPress 4.5.2. I needed a very simple widget to show my last updated posts on the frontpage in a widget and it does just that … and it does it perfectly too. A perfect little widget to let search engines know which of your content is no longer stale anymore. Thank you !!!
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Creates a sidebar widget that lists recently updated pages and posts including newly published items."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 93 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("list pages", "list updated pages", "list updated posts", "newest posts", "recent updates" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-29 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-10-23 100+ → 90+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 90+ → 100+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-09-19 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 90+ → 100+ up after 99 days in tier
- 2026-06-08 80+ → 90+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-05-09 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-07 80+ → 90+ up after 2 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).
-
List Pages Shortcode 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C - L List Children 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C
- L List All Pages 50+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D
- D DMG Related Pages Widget 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
- P Page Edit Toolbar 30+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
- D DMG Custom Menu Widget 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/recently-updated-pages-and-posts" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Recently Updated Pages and Posts — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Recently Updated Pages and Posts: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/recently-updated-pages-and-posts
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