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Recent Posts Widget Advanced

by kgmservizi · Admin & Utilities

Simple Recent Post Widget with Advanced choice.

⚠ Few reviews
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75 Health · B
Maintenance 79/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

75 health vs 64 average across 804 Admin & Utilities plugins

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-15% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

80

now · peak 522

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

Recent Posts Widget · #10374 Widgets for Google R · #69 Blocksy Companion · #166 Black Studio TinyMCE · #234

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 “300+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈390

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations

Details

Version
1.4.1
Last updated
8mo ago
Added
2017-12-28 · 8 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
6.8.5
Requires PHP
5.6

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-02-14 400+ → 300+ down after 431 days in band
  2. 2023-12-11 300+ → 400+ up after 339 days in band
  3. 2023-01-06 200+ → 300+ up after 24 days in band
  4. 2022-12-13 300+ → 200+ down after 25 days in band
  5. 2022-11-18 200+ → 300+ up

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Recent Posts Widget Advanced: 300+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/widget-recent-posts-with-category-choice