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Astra Widgets
Fast setup meets the frustration of unchangeable text colors.
HealthyGrowing
67/100
It provides quick utility for Astra users but lacks essential styling controls in the free version.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
3.9★
17 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+11%
Growing
606 → 671 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +11% in the last year
606/day a year ago→671/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAstra Widgets is a generally appreciated lightweight widget plugin for the Astra theme, but users raise recurring concerns about limited free-tier functionality, styling inflexibility, and unreliable widget behavior.
What people like
- +Easy to use and lightweight×3
- +Helpful for building and launching sites quickly×2
Common complaints
- −Widgets disappearing or becoming unreliable after appearing to work correctly
- −No styling options for widget elements (e.g. address text), making it unusable against certain backgrounds like dark footers
- −Free version is significantly limited in functionality
- −Plugin failed to activate or function after following the official installation guide
- −Poor customer support and unresolved billing/refund issues reported for the pro version
- −Interface has become cluttered and harder to navigate over time
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.07★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.90★
- 12%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 17 total
Latest reviews · 17 analyzed
- 2023-02-15★★★★★hidden, buried, functionsmichelle126
- 2022-09-27★★★★★geht soKlaus Kullmann
- 2022-06-23★★★★★É bomlucaslima28
- 2022-01-18★★★★★Installation guide not helpful at allfauxphox
- 2021-10-14★★★★★Thank you so much because this themes is very help full for any users.mehedi0131-shot
- 2021-07-19★★★★★Perfecto!paolara
- 2020-10-24★★★★★Greatenjoycomputing
- 2020-10-06★★★★★good but not excellentjust.yupi
- 2020-10-05★★★★★I purchased asrta pro but purchase history is pendingasachang1-shot
- 2020-09-24★★★★★Great!jpalhano
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
610
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
650
Prior 7-day baseline
532
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
630
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-6.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
59%
5★ share in analyzed sample
12%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.94 → 4.07★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered