Simple Category Posts
by Nitroweb · Admin & Utilities
A plugin to display posts in a widget with title, thumb, excerpt, date and author.
45 health vs 54 average across 2,472 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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 4106 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
55
now · peak 156
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-11-15 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-14 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-11-11 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-10 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-09 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-08 100+ → 200+ up after 6 days in band
- 2024-11-02 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-10-29 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Latest Posts 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Categories Widget 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Flex Posts – Responsive Posts Block 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Widget Post Slider 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B - N news ticker benaceur 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/simple-seo-categories-posts" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Simple Category Posts — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Simple Category Posts: 100+ active installs, 4.3★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-seo-categories-posts