Peadig's Twitter Feed: Embedded Timeline WordPress Plugin
by Alex Moss · SEO
Also makes 12 other plugins · 3.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple Twitter feed that outputs your latest tweets in HTML into any post, page, template or sidebar widget. Customisable and easy to install!
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
600+
≈610 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “seo”, “tweets” and “twitter” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 65 average across 2,216 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 162.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,192 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 3.7.41, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3132 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.7.41; the current branch is 6.8
3.1★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 3.98★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3132 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tweets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter updates your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “seo”, “tweets” and “twitter” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 823 · peaks are release surges
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
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
8.6y ago
latest release · v2.2 · 4 Apr 2018
16
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 62% 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 600.
Install history since 21 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ adamsmark12.6y ago
I agree with others. Very poor plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tdmarsol13.7y ago
Be warned! This plugin author decided that the API update was a great time to start charging for something you already use. In addition, your Admin for using the Free plugin will be filled with Ads and “Go PRO” links. Now, I will be the first to wish that plugin developers earn a decent living, but I feel that it is appropriate to develop new features for your paid version of the plugin. Instead, the author has lowered the bar: pay for the same functionality that you already have, or get something worse for free. My vote–is to find another solution where the plugin author is a consistent. Offer a plugin for free with paid version, or offer it for free–but, to demand money for something that used to be free feels like extortion. UPDATE: You don’t need the FREE version of the plugin at all. According to user: @froginthevalley Sylvain Carle (from Twitter) If you are hosting your own wordpress.org blog, the easiest way is to add a text widget to your sidebar (in Appereance » Widgets) and paste the widget code you get from https://twitter.com/settings/widgets/ You can find the entire discussion here: https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/10633
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marianograndioso13.8y ago
and works great. Does everything you would expect from a Twitter feed plug-in. I would appreciate if the retweet/fav/reply links were inside a container so I could style them differently.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mayeenul Islam13.8y ago
CSS is poor. But the plugin in widget are is working fine. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gregod142213.8y ago
Best twitter feed plugin ever. It should be better if a Widget for it is made specifically.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ luke_m_m13.9y ago
I’ve used this on many sites and it’s been excellent, but over the last month I’ve found that the feed mode has not been working correctly – search still works… Could you take a look?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ryan Hellyer13.9y ago
The WP Twitter Feed widget plugin loads images from an external source. They need to be hosted locally, both for performance reasons and to ensure they don’t break when using https. Here is a Diff. which fixes the problem. http://stuff.ryanhellyer.net/images-fix.diff EDIT: I wrote a plugin to correct for these problems … http://geek.ryanhellyer.net/products/wp-twitter-feed-fix/
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.2). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open High · 7.1 Peadig's Twitter Feed: Embedded Timeline WordPress Plugin <= 2.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2010-12-07 CVE-2010-4825 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.2 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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 27 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 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 381 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "seo", "twitter updates" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-08 500+ → 600+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-10-02 600+ → 500+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-09-24 500+ → 600+ up after 60 days in tier
- 2026-07-26 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-24 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-07-21 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-20 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-19 600+ → 500+ down after 185 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).
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Easy Twitter Feed Widget Plugin 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D - S Slim Jetpack 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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