Smart Recent Post
by Sandeep Sharma · Uncategorized
Smart recent posts shows the recent posts from your wordpress blog
45 health vs 56 average across 10,956 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, 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 2446 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
40
now · peak 154
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-30 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-24 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-23 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-22 50+ → 40+ down after 116 days in band
- 2026-01-26 60+ → 50+ down after 58 days in band
- 2025-11-29 70+ → 60+ down after 56 days in band
- 2025-10-04 80+ → 70+ down after 27 days in band
- 2025-09-07 70+ → 80+ up after 2 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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Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Post slider elementor addons 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
PE Recent Posts 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D - R Recent Posts Plus 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Recent Posts Widget Plus 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - R Recent Posts 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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