WP Featured Posts
by nutttaro · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 5.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
WP Featured Posts is a plugin choose featured posts, sortable and sticky custom post type and compatible with WPML.
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Health
B 80/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈390 estimated
Momentum
+15%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “feature” to your wp.org tags. You rank #24 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
80 health vs 58 average across 25,755 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.3%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 5.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 160 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
12%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| featured posts your tag | #4 | #22 | up 2 |
| feature posts your tag | #8 | #24 | 0 |
| featured post your tag | #10 | #24 | 0 |
| feature post your tag | #23 | #24 | — |
| featured | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| sticky posts | #22 | #23 | down 4 |
| feature | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| limit sticky posts | #14 | #23 | down 1 |
| featured posts plugin | #16 | #24 | down 1 |
| featured custom posts | #21 | #24 | 0 |
18 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “feature” to your wp.org tags. You rank #24 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 472 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 25 May 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 28% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.7 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Oct 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ strakerc2.5y ago
This is a simple plugin to automatically make some posts sticky at the top of your home page – that’s it. There’s no customization of the UI through a block that you can use on your page.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pikkabbu2.5y ago
This plugin is exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunalely, I can find no way to make it work.I can add a post to the sticky list, and it appears as sticky in All Post List. But it doen’t appear as the first of my blog, but in the usual date order.🙁
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ harndal5.5y ago
Super simple and does the job. Great plugin
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WPML.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 294 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "feature posts", "feature-post" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-02-04 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-03 300+ → 200+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2023-01-27 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-26 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2023-01-20 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-19 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-01-16 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-15 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
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).
- N NS Featured Posts 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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Feature A Page Widget 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D - G Genesis Featured Widget Amplified 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
- G Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
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Relevant – Related, Featured, Latest, and Popular Posts by BestWebSoft 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag C - F Featured Post 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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