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LAPDI Featured Categories

by Let A Pro Do IT! · Media

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Featured Categories allows you to add featured categories with images to your blog's website.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
83 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

83 health vs 59 average across 2,204 Media plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

9.5K

Total downloads

since 2013

3.92★

Rating (adjusted)

4.0★ raw · 4 reviews

+13%

85

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+13% vs prior 30d
-4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

85

now · peak 137

7630d downloads · Aug 26

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

LAPDI Featured Categ · #32446 you Smart Slider 3 · #78 Slider, Gallery, and · #119 SiteOrigin Widgets B · #147

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.

7.6Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

5.6y ago

latest release · v1.3.0

25

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3.0 · 5.6y ago1.2.9 · 7.9y ago1.2.8 · 9.4y ago1.2.7 · 9.4y ago1.2.6 · 9.4y ago1.2.5 · 10.6y ago1.2.4 · 10.6y ago1.2.3 · 10.8y ago1.2.2 · 11.5y ago1.2.1 · 12.5y ago1.2.0 · 12.7y ago1.1.9 · 13.0y ago1.1.8 · 13.0y ago1.1.7 · 13.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.3 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2021-10-26 · 1,379 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 4 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.3.2
Last updated
1mo ago
Added
2013-07-11 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
4.5
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Peter
    9.4y ago

    TSP Featured Categories is an absolutely GREAT plugin. I say this without reservation!! It now supports custom taxonomies. The developers added this feature this evening and it works like a charm on my wordpress install. If you have a website featuring photos or videos and wish to show the categories of those custom post types (custom taxonomies) then this is the plugin to use. I haven’t found another plugin like this. Great Job!!

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  2. ★★★★★ lazygirlcreations
    12.6y ago

    This is another plugin from TSP that I recommend to my clients.

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  3. ★★★★★ Den999
    13.0y ago

    Can not add image to category, becouse no option “Site URL” in wordpress uploader. “Attach image” (in uploader) not working. So, no images.

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  4. ★★★★★ The Software People
    13.2y ago

    Works like a charm if you experience any issues please visit our support page for this plugin.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2024-06-13 20+ → 10+ down after 153 days in tier
  2. 2024-01-12 30+ → 20+ down

Competes with

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