Widget to Display Posts from Current Category
by gruz0 · Admin & Utilities
This plugin allows you to display posts from the current category in the sidebar.
46 health vs 54 average across 2,563 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, 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 2631 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
57
now · peak 147
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-01-15 200+ → 100+ down after 277 days in band
- 2024-04-13 300+ → 200+ down after 227 days in band
- 2023-08-30 400+ → 300+ down after 212 days in band
- 2023-01-30 500+ → 400+ down after 8 days in band
- 2023-01-22 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-01-21 500+ → 400+ down after 7 days in band
- 2023-01-14 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-01-13 500+ → 400+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
-
Bulk Move 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
List Custom Taxonomy Widget 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C - R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
-
Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Widget to Display Posts from Current Category into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/widget-to-show-posts-in-current-category" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Widget to Display Posts from Current Category — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Widget to Display Posts from Current Category: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/widget-to-show-posts-in-current-category