Smart Post Lists Light
by OTWthemes · Uncategorized
Create custom post lists based on options you choose from a form in a widget. Different types of lists, blog, portfolio, services pages. No coding.
44 health vs 56 average across 11,669 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.13.
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 1571 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
57
now · peak 182
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 “200+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-22 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 300+ → 200+ down after 488 days in tier
- 2024-12-17 400+ → 300+ down after 325 days in tier
- 2024-01-27 500+ → 400+ down after 332 days in tier
- 2023-03-01 600+ → 500+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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All In One Favicon 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D -
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