Widgets Master
by jvwissen · Uncategorized
Easily manage the visibility of widgets.
43 health vs 57 average across 8,890 Uncategorized 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, 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 3509 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
18
now · peak 53
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-05-01 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-04-29 30+ → 40+ up after 15 days in band
- 2024-04-14 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-04-13 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-04-12 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-04-10 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-04-09 40+ → 30+ down after 15 days in band
- 2024-03-25 30+ → 40+ up after 6 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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Post Type Switcher 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Pages with category and tag 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search & Filter 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/widgets-master" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Widgets Master — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Widgets Master: 30+ active installs, 3.7★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/widgets-master