Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget
by Rickard Andersson · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 4.0K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin aims to be the most configurable tag cloud widget out there, able to suit all your weird tag cloud needs.
50 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 3196 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
277
now · peak 416
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
12.4y ago
latest release · v2.7.2
51
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-04-18 · 1,457 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.7.2 #69 : Fix issues selection strategies 2.7.2
- — Version 2.7.1 #66 : Fix issues with theme customizer in 3.9 2.7.1
- — Version 2.7 #60 : Add css classes to target individual terms #61 : Adds missing translation #62 : Fix formatting issue in settings page #63 : Support shortcodes in prefix and suffix #65 : Fix issue with WPML displaying no (or too fe 2.7
- — Version 2.6.1 BUGFIX : Fixed issue with widget markup when using avoid theme styling option 2.6.1
- — Version 2.6 #46 : Bring back styling behavior of configuration option #48 : Support for custom selection strategies to enable clouds with custom data sources. Detailed documentation for defining your own strategy . #50 : Added trans 2.6
- — Version 2.5 #14 : Updated UI for selecting authors #22 : Option to fetch terms based on the current list of posts and term creation time #35 : Updated UI for selecting post terms #41 : New option to add filtering to tag cloud links 2.5
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 74 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 50 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-05 5K+ → 4K+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-01 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 5K+ → 4K+ down after 290 days in tier
- 2025-04-15 6K+ → 5K+ down after 290 days in tier
- 2024-06-29 7K+ → 6K+ down after 279 days in tier
- 2023-09-24 8K+ → 7K+ down after 189 days in tier
- 2023-03-19 9K+ → 8K+ 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).
- C Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC) 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
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Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - T Taxonomy Dropdown Widget 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
- T Taxonomy List Widget 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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Categorized Tag Cloud 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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