Widget Icon
by dFactory · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 10 other plugins · 255.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Enhance your website with 640+ icons designed for Twitter Bootstrap. Just select an icon and display it in any widget on your WordPress site.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
700+
≈750 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “icon”, “widget” and “widget icon” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
49 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.8%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 25.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 3.7.41, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4709 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.7.41; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.27★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4709 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| icon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget icon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget only your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widgets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “icon”, “widget” and “widget icon” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 163 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
12.9y ago
latest release · v1.1.3 · 9 Dec 2013
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 26 Dec 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ apollosk12.0y ago
Works out of the box! Highly recommend it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jwhittaker9912.4y ago
Makes such a difference to the look of a site. Wouldn’t be without it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Awadea12.4y ago
Awesome! I love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ master41216012.4y ago
I love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Li-An12.6y ago
Very nice and simple plugin – if you don’t want to fight with CSS.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jurasjo12.7y ago
I like this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ drohdekage12.9y ago
With very little effort you can enhance the layout of your site very much. Desireable would be the usage of other open-clipart-libraries.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hassan13.0y ago
It just works!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Enhance your website with 640+ icons designed for Twitter Bootstrap. Just select an icon and display it in..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("designed for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,052 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "widget-only", "widgets" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-21 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-19 700+ → 800+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-15 800+ → 700+ down after 193 days in tier
- 2025-08-06 900+ → 800+ down after 187 days in tier
- 2025-01-31 1K+ → 900+ down after 1031 days in tier
- 2022-04-06 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1008 days in tier
- 2019-07-03 3K+ → 2K+ down after 350 days in tier
- 2018-07-18 4K+ → 3K+ 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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Restrict Widgets 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widget Context 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - S SpiceBox 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
- C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
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Widget Content Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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