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Ultimate Post List

by Kybernetik Services · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 9 other plugins · 165.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

Make up custom-tailored preview lists of the contents easily and place them in widget areas and post contents.

How scoring works →
86 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 82/100
Support 70/100

86 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

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.

92 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 66/100
Listing tuning 100/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+33% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

415

now · peak 3.1K

41730d 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

Ultimate Post List · #4552 you Recent Posts Widget · #347 Donations via PayPal · #1211 Reusable Blocks Exte · #1398

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.6Stars · Aug 26

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.

209per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

3

releases in the last 12 months

4mo ago

latest release · v5.2.9

15

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

5.2.9 · 4mo ago5.2.8 · 4mo ago5.2.7.1 · 5mo ago5.2.7 · 4.0y ago5.2.6 · 4.2y ago5.2.5 · 5.4y ago5.2.3 · 5.4y ago5.2.4 · 5.4y ago5.2.2 · 5.7y ago5.2.1 · 5.8y ago5.2.0 · 6.0y ago5.1.2 · 6.4y ago5.1.1 · 6.4y ago5.1.0 · 6.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v5.2 96%
Older / other versions 4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
2K–3K ≈2.6K

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

Install history · since 2017-03-16 · 1,429 observations

2KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
5.2.9
Last updated
11d ago
Added
2016-04-11 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
5.2

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 5.2.9 added reading plugin version from plugin header code improvements fixed several typos 5.2.9
  2. Version 5.2.8 fixed “_load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly” removed load_plugin_textdomain() deleted with the plugin shipped language files switched loading language files from GlotPress bumped required WordPress to 4.6 5.2.8
  3. Version 5.2.7.1 fixed debugging information where it is shown 5.2.7.1
  4. Version 5.2.7 fixed pages won’t be listed (thanks to @brvnbld; https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pages-not-showing-in-the-list/) 5.2.7
  5. Version 5.2.6 fixed error on loading help page fixed not loading JS files anymore added minified JS files to improve loading time added compatibility with WordPress 5.8 tested successfully with WordPress 6.0 5.2.6
  6. Version 5.2.5 fixed widget was not shown in the admin area 5.2.5

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 8 languages, 7 at 90% or more

German 100%
German (Formal) 100%
German (Switzerland) 100%
German (Switzerland) Informal 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Korean 99%
Greek 76%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-01-12 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-11 2K+ → 3K+ up after 7 days in tier
  3. 2026-01-04 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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