LAPDI Featured Posts
by Let A Pro Do IT! · Media
Also makes 9 other plugins · 220+ installs across the portfolio →
Featured Posts allows you to add featured posts to your blog's website via widgets, pages and/or posts.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈71 estimated
Momentum
+44%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Listing tuning scores 52/100. Only 1 tag — use the full 5 relevant tags so search matches more queries.
86 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 20.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,318 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media 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 2 releases 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: Listing tuning
Updated 92 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
1 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Only 1 tag — use the full 5 relevant tags so search matches more queries.
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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| featured posts | #12 | #21 | down 1 |
| featured post | #22 | #23 | down 2 |
| featured posts display gallery slider jquery moving boxes the software people your tag | Not checked yet | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 9 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 214 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.3.5 · 31 Jul 2026
28
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 31 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 70.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 1107 days.
Install history since 12 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dineshmor10.7y ago
Hi i have installed that plugin, but i have not found any option to make post as a featured post
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kkorstad12.0y ago
Love this. Does exactly what I was looking for. Works great and easy to customize. Thank you. I am using this plugin in multiple areas of my website.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bedo677612.1y ago
This is a great plugin and the developer is responsive and helpful if you encounter a problem.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ darren.blackley12.2y ago
Excellent Plugin and very friendly and helpful developer 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ samfittonmagic13.3y ago
It’s just so straight forward to use and implement for people that don’t like/use widget areas on their site. The shortcodes work great. Brilliant Plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ The Software People13.3y ago
Works like a charm if you experience any issues please visit our support page for this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6.1
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Featured Posts allows you to add featured posts to your blog's website via widgets, pages and/or posts."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,183 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 1 tags appear in the text ("featured posts display gallery slider jquery moving boxes the software people" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-30 60+ → 70+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2026-08-16 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 60+ → 50+ down after 57 days in tier
- 2026-06-17 70+ → 60+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 60+ → 70+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 70+ → 60+ down after 170 days in tier
- 2025-12-03 80+ → 70+ down after 76 days in tier
- 2025-09-18 90+ → 80+ down after 76 days in tier
Competes with
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Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for LAPDI Featured Posts into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/tsp-featured-posts" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="LAPDI Featured Posts — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> LAPDI Featured Posts: 70+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/tsp-featured-posts
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