Simple Posts Ticker – Easy, Lightweight & Flexible
by Sayan Datta · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 46.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Simple Posts Ticker plugin is a small tool that shows your most recent posts in a marquee style.
50 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1092 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
186
now · peak 1.4K
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.0y ago
latest release · v1.1.6
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2020-03-06 · 1,432 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.1.6 Release Date: September 2, 2023 Added: Input Sanitization. Updated: JS Libraries. Tested upto WordPress v6.3. 1.1.6
- — Version 1.1.5 Release Date: March 23, 2020 Added: WPML Compatibility. Tested upto WordPress v5.4. 1.1.5
- — Version 1.1.4 Release Date: December 21, 2019 Added: It is now possible to use multiple posts type in a single ticker. Added: Include & Exclude shortcode parameters to include and exclude posts respectively. Improved: Query Input usin 1.1.4
- — Version 1.1.3 Release Date: December 20, 2019 Added: New shortcode paarameters css_class & ticker_loop . Improved: The Marquee script loading mechanism. Improved: The Compatibility with RTL websites. Improved: Compatibility with WordP 1.1.3
- — Version 1.1.2 Release Date: December 10, 2019 Added: Option to set Post Info position. Improved: Marquee loading time. Improved: Post Query Mechanism. Improved: Admin UI. Improved: Custom CSS Output. Fixed: Wrong Tooltip text. Fixed: 1.1.2
- — Version 1.1.1 Release Date: December 9, 2019 NEW: Ticker Post Type. Improvement: Added option to enable/disable links. Improvement: Admin UI. Improvement: Uninstallation Process. 1.1.1
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- Medium · 4.4 Simple Posts Ticker <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-09-25 CVE-2023-4725 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.5 Patched in 1.1.6
- Medium · 6.4 Simple Posts Ticker <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode ↗2023-09-25 CVE-2023-4646 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.5 Patched in 1.1.6
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-09-08 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-07 2K+ → 1K+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2024-08-30 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-08-27 1K+ → 2K+ up after 576 days in tier
- 2023-01-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-28 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-27 2K+ → 1K+ 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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TopNewsWp – Display Tikcer News, RSS Feed Widget and Many More 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - L Latest News Marquee 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Advance News Ticker 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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