Simple Category Posts

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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 21 Oct 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 24 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Abdul Muqsit

   12.2y ago

   I would like to suggest another parameter in widget setting to set the orientation for display whether the users want to show the list in vertical or horizontal.

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2. ★★★★★ Das Capitolin

   13.3y ago

   This is a full-featured replacement for the bundled WordPress ‘latest posts’ widget. Unfortunately, this plugin doesn’t have the line separators that the WordPress widget makes (which it should), so I tweaked some code to fix that: <div class="scpcontainer<?php echo $lastcont; ?>"> <ul> <?php $scporder = array(); $feat_image = ''; $feat_image = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID) ); $pluginurl = site_url('/wp-content/plugins/simple-seo-categories-posts/timthumb.php'); if ($displthumb == 'displthumb' && $feat_image != '') { // get thumb $scporder[$thumborder] = ' <div class="scpthumb"> <a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) .'" title="'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'"> <img src="'. $pluginurl .'?src='. $feat_image .'&w='. $thumbwidth .'&h='. $thumbheight .'&zc='. $thumbcrop .'" width="'. $thumbwidth .'" height="'. $thumbheight .'" title="'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'" alt="'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'" /> </a> </div> '; } if ($disptitle == 'disptitle') { // get title $scporder[$titleorder] = ' <li> <div class="scptitle"> <a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) .'" title="'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'">'. get_the_title($post->ID) .'</a> </div> </li> '; } if ($dispdate == 'dispdate') { // get date $scporder[$dateorder] = '<div class="scpdate">'. get_the_date() .'</div> '; } if ($dispauthor == 'dispauthor') { // get date $scporder[$authororder] = '<div class="scpauthor">'. $beforeauthor .get_the_author_link() .'</div> '; } if ($exclength > 0 && $displexc == 'displexc') { // get excerpt $scporder[$excorder] = '<div class="scptext">'. scpexcerpt($exclength) .'</div>'; } if ($exclength == 0 && $displexc == 'displexc') { $scporder[$excorder] = '<div class="scptext">'. get_the_excerpt() .'</div>'; } ksort($scporder); foreach ($scporder as $scpkey => $scpoutput) { echo $scpoutput; } ?> </ul> </div>

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3. ★★★★★ Galaxy-Design.co.uk

   13.5y ago

   Great plugin! This is the only plugin that Ive found that does the job perfectly. Wide range of options... just what Ive been looking for. Hope you will continue supporting it! Thank you!

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4. ★★★★★ greenhat

   13.7y ago

   nice plugin with many features but basic HTML structure is missing (all in <div>s)

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-11-15 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2024-11-14 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2024-11-11 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-11-10 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-11-09 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-11-08 100+ → 200+ up after 6 days in tier
7. 2024-11-02 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 2024-10-29 100+ → 200+ up after 3 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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Simple Category Posts: 100+ active installs, 4.3★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-seo-categories-posts