Simple Category Posts Widget
by psdtohtmlcloud · Admin & Utilities
Simple Category Posts Widget is simple and easy to use wordpress plugin.Lists taxonomy/category posts in widget with options to enable or disable feat …
47 health vs 62 average across 942 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 4.7.33, 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 3483 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
52
now · peak 160
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-06 60+ → 50+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-03-28 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-27 60+ → 50+ down after 374 days in band
- 2025-03-18 70+ → 60+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-03-11 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-10 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-03-02 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-02-28 70+ → 60+ down after 17 days in band
Competes with
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