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Widget Content Blocks

by Danny van Kooten · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Widget Content Blocks is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Widget Content Blocks
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
DvanKooten5 Jun 2011 to 20 Aug 2026, 79 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
3
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Widget Content Blocks
Q1 20241
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20261
Q2 20262
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 20 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating 5.0 in Q2 2024.

Rating distribution
5 star55
4 star1
3 star1
2 star0
1 star3

Momentum

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Widget Content Blocks
4 May 2026116
11 May 2026205
18 May 2026178
25 May 2026249
1 Jun 2026166
8 Jun 2026146
15 Jun 20263,265
22 Jun 20264,618
29 Jun 2026632
6 Jul 2026860
13 Jul 2026404
20 Jul 2026439
27 Jul 2026349
3 Aug 2026340
10 Aug 2026256
17 Aug 2026285
24 Aug 2026277
31 Aug 2026238
7 Sep 2026194
14 Sep 2026227
21 Sep 2026254
28 Sep 2026232
5 Oct 2026233
12 Oct 2026232
19 Oct 2026425
26 Oct 2026315
2 Nov 202649

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 55% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version2.3.13
AuthorDanny van Kooten
Added5 Jun 2011
Last updated20 Aug 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress4.1
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryContent Management > Blog & Article Publishing
Tagswidget, widgets, wysiwyg, rich text, visual editor

Other plugins by this author: MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress, Koko Analytics - Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics, Boxzilla - WordPress Popup Builder, MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar - Email Subscribe Notification Bar, Change Username, Social Sharing (by Danny), MC4WP: WPML Integration, Add Plain-Text Email

Questions

Is Widget Content Blocks still maintained?

Widget Content Blocks was last updated on 20 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Widget Content Blocks safe?

Widget Content Blocks has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Widget Content Blocks?

The wordpress.org author is Danny van Kooten. Recent committers: DvanKooten, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Widget Content Blocks?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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