Spectacu.la Page Widget
by Spectacula · Admin & Utilities
Widget that lets you output the content of a page in any place that'll accept a widget and allows you to hide said page from navigation (wp_list_ …
41 health vs 53 average across 2,995 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5870 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
31
now · peak 70
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 “60+”. 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 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 83 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 80+ → 70+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-04-13 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-12 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-10 70+ → 80+ up after 66 days in tier
- 2026-02-03 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-01 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-31 80+ → 70+ down after 17 days in tier
Competes with
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Meks Simple Flickr Widget 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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