Widgets on dashboard
by tmatsuur · Admin & Utilities
Update sidebar widgets on dashboard.
41 health vs 54 average across 2,512 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 12+ 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 4454 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
48
now · peak 158
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-08-09 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-08-06 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in band
- 2024-07-29 10+ → 20+ up after 46 days in band
- 2024-06-13 20+ → 10+ down after 126 days in band
- 2024-02-08 10+ → 20+ up after 22 days in band
- 2024-01-17 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in band
- 2024-01-12 10+ → 20+ up after 6 days in band
- 2024-01-06 20+ → 10+ down after 358 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- D Dashboard Notepad 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Dashboard Widgets Suite 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Dashboard Columns 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - C Custom Dashboard Help Widget 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Admin Dashboard Last Edits 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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