TDD Recent Posts
by Taylor Dewey · Uncategorized
Simple widget that displays the recent posts with a short content preview. Control the length of the content preview and number of posts
41 health vs 58 average across 7,850 Uncategorized 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5356 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
140
now · peak 144
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-03 40+ → 30+ down after 56 days in band
- 2026-03-08 30+ → 40+ up after 12 days in band
- 2026-02-24 40+ → 30+ down after 274 days in band
- 2025-05-26 50+ → 40+ down after 11 days in band
- 2025-05-15 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-14 50+ → 40+ down after 216 days in band
- 2024-10-10 60+ → 50+ down after 188 days in band
- 2024-04-05 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- P Public Post Preview Configurator 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Public Post Preview 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - A Advanced Excerpt 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images 6K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/tdd-recent-posts" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="TDD Recent Posts — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> TDD Recent Posts: 30+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/tdd-recent-posts