Posts By Category Widget
by volfro · Admin & Utilities
A simple, themeable widget which displays posts in the category, order, and quantity of your choosing.
45 health vs 55 average across 1,947 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 3.7.41, 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 4595 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
28
now · peak 70
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-11 80+ → 70+ down after 113 days in band
- 2026-03-20 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-19 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-03-14 90+ → 80+ down after 14 days in band
- 2026-02-28 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-26 90+ → 80+ down after 51 days in band
- 2026-01-06 100+ → 90+ down after 5 days in band
- 2026-01-01 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Popular Posts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Category Posts Widget 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - N Newpost Catch 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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List Custom Taxonomy Widget 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Add Widget After Content 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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