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Widget Detector for Elementor

by Element Invader · Page Builders

Also makes 4 other plugins · 7.3K+ installs across the portfolio →

Detect Elementor Widgets used on pages, also detect not used Widgets or Missing Widgets.

How scoring works →
90 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 93/100
Support 70/100

90 health vs 69 average across 1,268 Page Builders 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.

97 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 89/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+25% vs prior 30d
23Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

487

now · peak 1.8K

48430d 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

Widget Detector for · #5456 you HT Slider For Elemen · #1131 Ultimate Addons for · #26 Essential Addons for · #29

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · 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.

484per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.6y ago

latest release · v1.2.9

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.9 · 1.6y ago1.2.8 · 1.8y ago1.2.7 · 2.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 88% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.3 88%
v1.2 12%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
1K–2K ≈1.4K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-03-20 · 1,422 observations

1KInstalls · 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
1.3.0
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2021-05-21 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
5.2
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. Neil - Web Specialist 360
    2mo ago

    Very helpful finding unused widgets. I love it

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  2. casepros
    2mo ago

    I have over 9 plugins for elementor widgets. Sometimes necessary when needing specialized widget functions. Found out I had Widget Bloat. App helped me deactivate over 150 unusable widgets that were loading, but were never being used. Noticed a slight increase in TTFB speed. Not the entire answer to speed issues, but a great and easy tool to getting there.

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  3. heidimaria
    3mo ago

    I was trying to remember what widgets were in use. This plugin made that task MUCH easier! Thank you plugin developer for making it!

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  4. peteratomic
    3mo ago

    Really saved us trying to find external elementor plugins… much easier to use than searching all tables in the database, which is what we did previously.

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  5. 1000camels
    8mo ago

    This is an essential plugin for anyone running a large Elementor system. There are so many widgets and the ability to know what you have and whether you really need certain plugins is essential to good maintenance

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  6. guillaume69
    10mo ago

    Very good design, very accurate, very helpful. Thank you!

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  7. championc555
    1.0y ago

    Very impressed with this widget detector that allows you to see where every widget is on your website and Specifically exactly where the widgest are on any given page. 10/10

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  8. brittneyzellner
    1.6y ago

    Even the free version of this plugin is very useful!

    Read on wp.org ↗

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 1.2.0 Patched in 1.2.0

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1

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 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more · development strings

French (France) 63%
Dutch 27%
Croatian 13%
Ukrainian 7%

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

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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Widget Detector for Elementor: 1K+ active installs, 4.9★ (39 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/widget-detector-elementor