Spots
by interconnectit · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 3.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Content manage those little snippets of text that you need across your WordPress site and in widgets properly. Forget the text widget.
49 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.14.
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 1429 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
102
now · peak 380
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
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
3.9y ago
latest release · v1.3.10
30
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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-06 · 1,429 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Radices10.4y ago
Awesome plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ EvWill11.6y ago
Extremely easy to use and very useful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Darius11.9y ago
This works exactly as advertised! You can create a sidewide block and combine this with Advanced Custom Fields. Now you can let a user edit a sidebar by just hovering over a spot and click ‘edit spot’ No more letting users edit HTML in widgets. This functionality should be in the core of WordPress!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Arie12.2y ago
This very handy plugin makes it easy for people with limited skills to update various kinds of content that would have required html knowledge before. Thanks guys!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MoghillPat12.2y ago
Simple, clever plug in that makes things nice and easy and does what it says. Thanks for this!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JochenT12.8y ago
Meanwhile I use this plugin since one and a half year in production and I’m very satisfied. There were no problems during this time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rebecca Markowitz13.2y ago
Love that it can be for widgets or content areas. Awesome for helping with editable areas for clients. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jabbo12613.2y ago
Exactly what i needed – love the possibility to hardcode spots to your template. Easy to use and integrate. Great one.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-16 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-12 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-11 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-10 900+ → 800+ down after 170 days in tier
- 2025-11-21 1K+ → 900+ down
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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Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets & Templates for WordPress 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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