Widget Visibility Without Jetpack
by Joan Boluda · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 7 other plugins · 5.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin controls what pages your widgets appear on.
49 health vs 54 average across 3,791 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3196 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
438
now · peak 514
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-04-28 · 1,429 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ MoghillPat5.5y ago
A great solution if you want to use Jetpack’s widget visibility (easily the baset way of controlling widgets I’ve seen) but don’t want the rest of Jetpack.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gesign7.0y ago
This is the best concept to handle show/hide widgets. I would pay for it if the author would continue the support of it. The and function would be great yet but there is no other plugin what could be in race with this. Jetpack is awsome but generates instability in the website. I am looking for a standalone plugin only for this job. Dear Joan, continue this please, please. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Abe Prangishvili8.2y ago
GOOD ! GOOD ! GOOD ! This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by Abe Prangishvili.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ FireFlyWebs8.7y ago
I deactivated Jet Pack and my widgets lost their visibility status per page on my site and all appeared on each page. I then activated this one and they automatically responded to the previous tags and categories for visibility. Seamless…. Thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ John L.8.9y ago
I was looking for a widget visibility plugin that was simple, provided enough visibility options and played nice with my templates. This plugin fit the bill. My only suggestion is to add the option to change the OR to AND for each subsequent rule.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SEOAlien9.2y ago
I used to use Jetpack mostly for the Widget Visibility feature, but with some newer themes it caused some issues, so I had to find a solution. This plugin is great because after you deactivate Jetpack, add and activate this plugin and it saves your settings! I couldn’t imagine haveing to redo all those settings over again. This makes it simple and worries free that those settings stay the same.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ santifri10.0y ago
Funciona a la perfección y es muy flexible y sencilla de utilizar.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Peninah10.1y ago
This plugin does just what it says. It’s so simple to use for any level user. I’ve used it a few times and love it every time!
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Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-29 6K+ → 5K+ down after 873 days in tier
- 2023-12-08 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-07 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-06 7K+ → 6K+ down after 41 days in tier
- 2023-10-26 6K+ → 7K+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2023-09-29 7K+ → 6K+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2023-09-09 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-08 7K+ → 6K+ 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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ThemeZee Toolkit 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
Widget Visibility Control 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
HWINote Scheduled Widget Display Control — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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