Remove Default Widgets
by Konstantin Kovshenin · Admin & Utilities
Removes the default WordPress widgets. Period.
44 health vs 53 average across 2,954 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, well behind 6.8.
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 3640 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
22
now · peak 87
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
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-03 70+ → 60+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-26 70+ → 60+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 60+ → 70+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2026-01-28 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-27 60+ → 70+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-01-13 70+ → 60+ down after 26 days in tier
- 2025-12-18 60+ → 70+ up after 24 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Desert Companion 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
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- D Daddy Plus 8K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
- A Arile Super 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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