Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images
by Suplugins · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 103K+ installs across the portfolio →
Responsive Recent Posts Widget With Images for WordPress. Lightweight & SEO Optimized Code. Free.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
6K+
≈6.6K estimated
Momentum
+7%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “w3c” to your wp.org tags. You rank #24 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.5%
of downloads still active
At least 6K of 92K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 341 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| superb | #9 | #22 | down 2 |
| display recent posts with images thumbnail | #6 | #22 | 0 |
| recent your tag | #18 | #24 | down 1 |
| recent posts | #22 | #24 | down 6 |
| w3c | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
| recent posts shortcode | #24 | #24 | — |
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| with your tag | Not checked yet | ||
19 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “w3c” to your wp.org tags. You rank #24 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 6.3K · peaks are release surges
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.5.0 · 26 Nov 2025
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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 “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 64% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.5.0 Various improvements and fixes. 1.5.0
- — Version 1.4.0 Minor fixes. 1.4.0
- — Version 1.3.0 Added support for latest posts shortcode. 1.3.0
- — Version 1.2.0 Fixed an issue causing checkbox options to not work properly. 1.2.0
- — Version 1.1.0 Corrected the widget so it no longer displays unpublished drafts. 1.1.0
- — Version 1.0.0 Release 1.0.0
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "great for", "for bloggers").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Cloudflare.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,521 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-23 7K+ → 6K+ down after 273 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 8K+ → 7K+ down after 243 days in tier
- 2025-01-23 9K+ → 8K+ down after 173 days in tier
- 2024-08-03 10K+ → 9K+ down after 464 days in tier
- 2023-04-27 9K+ → 10K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-26 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-25 9K+ → 10K+ up after 79 days in tier
- 2023-02-05 8K+ → 9K+ up after 82 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).
- N Newpost Catch 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
- W WP Image Borders 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- C Custom Header Extended 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Recent Posts Plus 900+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
- C Custom Background Extended 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Category Featured Images 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
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