Flynsarmy Subcategory List Widget
by flynsarmy · Admin & Utilities
Adds a widget that can displays subcategories of a given category (or top level).
44 health vs 54 average across 2,429 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.
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 1907 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
133
now · peak 159
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 1528 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-02 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-30 70+ → 60+ down after 7 days in band
- 2026-01-23 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-22 70+ → 60+ down after 285 days in band
- 2025-04-12 80+ → 70+ down after 210 days in band
- 2024-09-14 90+ → 80+ down after 11 days in band
- 2024-09-03 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-02 90+ → 80+ down after 4 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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List Custom Taxonomy Widget 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C - R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Simple Link List Widget 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- N NS Category Widget 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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