Top Post
by V.J.Catkick · Uncategorized
Display top post and most active entries on your sidebar simply. This package contains two widget so you do not need to install them separately.
41 health vs 56 average across 12,434 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7, 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 5484 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
51
now · peak 143
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 “20+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-10-11 30+ → 20+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2024-09-24 20+ → 30+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-09-18 30+ → 20+ down after 191 days in tier
- 2024-03-11 40+ → 30+ down after 46 days in tier
- 2024-01-25 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-01-24 40+ → 30+ down after 474 days in tier
- 2022-10-07 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-06 60+ → 50+ down
Competes with
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/top-post" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Top Post — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Top Post: 20+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/top-post