Twitter Hash Tag Widget
by Matt Martz · Social
A widget for displaying the most recent twitter status updates for a particular hash tag.
41 health vs 56 average across 682 Social 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2, 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 5897 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
20
now · peak 54
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 20+ → 10+ down after 591 days in band
- 2024-12-03 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-11-30 20+ → 30+ up after 22 days in band
- 2024-11-08 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-07 20+ → 30+ up after 22 days in band
- 2024-10-16 30+ → 20+ down after 258 days in band
- 2024-02-01 40+ → 30+ down after 167 days in band
- 2023-08-18 50+ → 40+ down after 190 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/twitter-hash-tag-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Twitter Hash Tag Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Twitter Hash Tag Widget: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/twitter-hash-tag-widget