Scheduled Announcements Widget
by Nikki Blight · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 4.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Scheduled Announcements Widget lets you add a scrolling list of site announcements to any widgetized area of your site.
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Health
D 52/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “alerts”, “announcements” and “scheduled announcements” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
52 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 17.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1332 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
3.8★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.07★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1332 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| alerts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| announcements your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scheduled announcements your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “alerts”, “announcements” and “scheduled announcements” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 197 · 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% 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 13 months ago; the previous band took 2.2 years to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.
Install history since 23 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous11.8y ago
no linking to announcement post cannot shop announcement post poor control over appearance
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zenepay12.0y ago
This is good can use simple shortcode,and won’t make strange to the theme. Great one thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lembu13.1y ago
I like it
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rickvv13.3y ago
I was looking for a simple widget tool to publicize an author’s upcoming signing appearances, readings, etc. This Scheduled Announcements PlugIn fits the bill perfectly. It’s simple, easy to use…flexible enough (scroll speed, text color, etc) to keep it interesting. Nice job.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ writecraft13.7y ago
Love the ability to schedule announcements! Needs: Needs ability to pause on hover, so visitors can pause scrolling for accesibility Needs user controls so visitors can ffwd and back up Needs to be more easily styled, especially height and width, to use in other widget areas. Needs click through to full announcements on an announcements post page
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Scheduled Announcements Widget <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-03-20 CVE-2023-0363 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 0.2 Patched in 1.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
4 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 "The Scheduled Announcements Widget lets you add a scrolling list of site announcements to any widgetized ar..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 651 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "alerts" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-17 200+ → 100+ down after 796 days in tier
- 2023-08-13 300+ → 200+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2023-07-20 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-19 300+ → 200+ down after 288 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 600+ → 300+ down after 1111 days in tier
- 2019-09-19 1K+ → 600+ down
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).
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Frontend Dashboard Notification 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
News Communications Hub — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Horizontal scrolling announcements 8K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Post Timeline 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Site Announcements 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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