Smart Posts Widget
by Purab · Uncategorized
Adds a widget that shows most all type of posts from wordpress. Its shows Recent post, Random posts, Category wise posts, Tag wise posts.
43 health vs 55 average across 12,861 Uncategorized 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3732 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 64
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,364 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 40+ → 50+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 50+ → 40+ down after 195 days in tier
- 2025-12-03 60+ → 50+ down after 355 days in tier
- 2024-12-13 70+ → 60+ down after 176 days in tier
- 2024-06-20 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-19 70+ → 80+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2024-06-04 80+ → 70+ down after 177 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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- D Disable Author Pages 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
- H HiFi (Head Injection, Foot Injection) 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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Quick Bulk Post & Page Creator 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Post Lists View Custom 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/smart-posts-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Smart Posts Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Smart Posts Widget: 40+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/smart-posts-widget