Simple Posts Ticker – Easy, Lightweight & Flexible
by Sayan Datta · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 45.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Simple Posts Ticker plugin is a small tool that shows your most recent posts in a marquee style.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 56/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
1K+
≈2K estimated
Momentum
+21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “jquery posts ticker”, “marquee” and “news headlines” 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.
56 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.1%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 24.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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
45/100Maintenance 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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1155 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 22 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1155 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| jquery posts ticker your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| marquee your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news headlines your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news ticker your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts ticker your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “jquery posts ticker”, “marquee” and “news headlines” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.4K · peaks are release surges
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
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.
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
3.2y ago
latest release · v1.1.6 · 2 Sep 2023
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and the previous band took 2.1 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.
Install history since 6 Mar 2020
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
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.1.6). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched 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 Affects <= 1.1.5 Patched in 1.1.6
- Patched 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 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
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The Simple Posts Ticker plugin is a small tool that shows your most recent posts in a marquee style."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,254 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "jQuery posts ticker", "News Headlines" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 782 days in tier
- 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
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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News Ticker Widget for Elementor 4K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
PJ News Ticker 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
Marquee Running Text 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
MarqueeAll – Elementor Marquee for Image, Text, Post Grid, Testimonial, Cryptocurrency, Faqs & News Ticker 🌀 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
MarqueeX – Smooth Marquee Slider, News Ticker & Post Marquee for Block Editor & Elementor 900+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
OXP Breaking News Ticker 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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