WP Post Widget
by WP-EXPERTS.IN · Admin & Utilities
Posts widget! Add list of recent posts from your CUSTOM POST TYPE.
49 health vs 56 average across 1,793 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 976 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
30
now · peak 270
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 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-07-11 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-07-09 100+ → 200+ up after 46 days in band
- 2025-05-24 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-05-17 100+ → 200+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-05-11 200+ → 100+ down after 404 days in band
- 2024-04-02 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-03-29 200+ → 100+ down after 35 days in band
- 2024-02-23 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- U Ultimate Posts Widget 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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Custom Post Type UI 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
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Meta Box 500K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-posts-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Post Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Post Widget: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-posts-widget