X3P0 Legacy Widget
by Justin Tadlock · Blocks
Enables the WordPress Legacy Widget block for block-based themes.
45 health vs 72 average across 688 Blocks plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.12.
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 1480 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
32
now · peak 171
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-10-22 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-10-21 200+ → 100+ down after 11 days in band
- 2023-10-10 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-10-09 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-10-07 100+ → 200+ up after 233 days in band
- 2023-02-16 90+ → 100+ up after 9 days in band
- 2023-02-07 80+ → 90+ up after 16 days in band
- 2023-01-22 70+ → 80+ up after 20 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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Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Layout Grid Block 200K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Genesis Blocks 40K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Snow Monkey Forms 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Snow Monkey Blocks 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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