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Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
The visual editor your sidebar has been missing for years.
HealthyDeclining
81/100
This stable plugin provides a reliable visual editor for widgets with minimal fuss.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.8★
192 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-18%
Declining
264 → 217 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
Declining · -18% in the last year
264/day a year ago→217/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayBlack Studio TinyMCE Widget is a well-regarded, stable plugin that brings a visual editor to WordPress widgets, appreciated for its simplicity and no-nonsense approach, with only minor usability gripes and no serious complaints.
What people like
- +Stable and reliable with no reported bugs or conflicts×3
- +Simple to use, especially for those without HTML knowledge×4
- +Easy installation and configuration with no setup issues×2
- +Outperforms the similar functionality now built into WordPress core
Common complaints
- −Widget opens with an oversized text area by default, with no way to reduce its initial size
- −No built-in way to duplicate or deploy the widget to multiple areas at once
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.89★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-12-112025-09-072026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 192 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-11-30★★★★★Easypeasy to use!nealumphred
- 2023-05-04★★★★★As a Plugin Should Be!Gary55
- 2019-11-09★★★★★Good but…Sirio
- 2019-08-29★★★★★great job, works great!wordpresser
- 2019-06-04★★★★★Very useful plugin!astandet
- 2019-01-11★★★★★Does the job rightkinnarrk1-shot
- 2018-08-17★★★★★Excellent Plugindixiereid
- 2018-08-08★★★★★Nice!Sofia T1-shot
- 2018-07-15★★★★★Thanksnq12c11-shot
- 2018-07-15★★★★★Works fineLi-An
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.
212
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
213
Prior 7-day baseline
155
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
229
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-0.5%
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.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
4.24
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
91%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.89 → 4.89★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered