Simple Twitter Widget
by chipsandtv · Social
A simple but powerful widget to display updates from a Twitter feed. Configurable and reliable.
41 health vs 68 average across 279 Social 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5342 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
35
now · peak 69
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 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-03 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-01 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-30 200+ → 100+ down after 574 days in band
- 2024-07-05 300+ → 200+ down after 280 days in band
- 2023-09-29 400+ → 300+ down after 232 days in band
- 2023-02-09 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-02-08 400+ → 500+ up after 13 days in band
- 2023-01-26 500+ → 400+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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