RSS News Scroller
by programmo · Content & Feeds
RSS News Scroller is a simple news scroller which you can use by just activating it.
45 health vs 59 average across 582 Content & Feeds 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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 4105 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
47
now · peak 147
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-06-28 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-06-25 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-06-23 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2023-06-13 10+ → 20+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2023-06-05 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-04 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-06-02 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-01 10+ → 20+ up after 1 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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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A - D Disable Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
RSS Includes Pages 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable Feeds WP 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
RSS Redirect & Feedburner Alternative 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C
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