Redirect to Category Latest Post
by emma2334 · Admin & Utilities
Redirect category menu item to the latest post in it.
41 health vs 54 average across 3,399 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2537 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
55
now · peak 144
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
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Nav Menu Roles 70K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A - N Nav Menu Images 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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LuckyWP ACF Menu Field 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B - A Add Descendants As Submenu Items 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/redirect-to-latest-post-in-category" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Redirect to Category Latest Post — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Redirect to Category Latest Post: — active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/redirect-to-latest-post-in-category