Simply Related Posts
by danielauener · Admin & Utilities
A widget that simply gives you related posts by taxonomy. Four settings to customize the widget: title, taxonomy, related posts count, excludet terms
45 health vs 55 average across 1,996 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 4.0.38, 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 4285 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
18
now · peak 62
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 “30+”. 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
- 2026-05-16 40+ → 30+ down after 170 days in band
- 2025-11-27 50+ → 40+ down after 106 days in band
- 2025-08-13 40+ → 50+ up after 81 days in band
- 2025-05-24 50+ → 40+ down after 13 days in band
- 2025-05-11 40+ → 50+ up after 10 days in band
- 2025-05-01 50+ → 40+ down after 85 days in band
- 2025-02-05 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-02-01 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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Related Posts by Taxonomy 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Brands for WooCommerce 6K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Related Posts 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Beautiful taxonomy filters 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B - T Taxonomy Dropdown Widget 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
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