Social Feed Widgets For Elementor
by Cool Plugins · Page Builders
Also makes 20 other plugins · 114.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Social feed widgets display Instagram profile feed grid or carousel inside Elementor using Smash Balloon social photo feed plugin.
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Health
C 56/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+9%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “elementor addon”, “instagram” and “instagram feed” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
56 health vs 72 average across 1,904 Page Builders plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 8.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Page Builders plugin keeps 2.4%, across 1,274 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Page Builders plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
36/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 739 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 7.1
4.7★ over 7 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 739 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| elementor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| elementor addon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| instagram your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| instagram feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “elementor addon”, “instagram” and “instagram feed” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 500 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.5 · 26 Oct 2024
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 16 Jan 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tiburi3.6y ago
Easy and Cool
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ captainandy144.7y ago
very good , easy to use , simple to add.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sylvskin4.9y ago
Super easy and fast to implement BUT it loses one star for not displaying a different number of columns on mobile and tablet. ie I wanted to display 2 columns on mobile devices with 4 images, but 4 columns on desktop. I tried Carousel but that doesn’t work either and the navigation arrows unsightly blue can’t be changed. So I’ve hidden the Instagram feed on mobile views. So, I can only use this plugin on desktop:( This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by sylvskin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sumatraboards5.1y ago
Instagram Feed Plugin Easy to use For Elementor.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jindalravi20125.1y ago
This is a very easy to use Instagram feed widget for the elementor builder. Very easy to customise and lots of features available for the display of the Instagram photos and stories feeds.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fabsunil5.1y ago
Instagram Feed Pulgin Easy to use For Elementor.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Attinder Singh5.1y ago
This plugin is the best fit for adding Instagram feed
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Social feed widgets display Instagram profile feed grid or carousel inside Elementor using Smash Balloon so..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,313 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 300+ → 200+ down after 312 days in tier
- 2025-12-19 400+ → 300+ down after 246 days in tier
- 2025-04-17 500+ → 400+ down after 117 days in tier
- 2024-12-21 600+ → 500+ down after 183 days in tier
- 2024-06-21 700+ → 600+ down after 308 days in tier
- 2023-08-18 800+ → 700+ down after 124 days in tier
- 2023-04-16 700+ → 800+ up after 111 days in tier
- 2022-12-26 600+ → 700+ up after 69 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Social Media Feed for WordPress 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Social Feed Gallery 80K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block 50K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Spotlight Social Photo Feed 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widgets for Social Photo Feed 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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