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Dynamic Widgets
The logic master for classic widgets with a slightly confusing map.
HealthyGrowing
88/100
Users love the granular logic rules despite some confusing navigation and documentation issues.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.7★
109 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+40%
Growing fast
35 → 49 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 fast · +40% in the last year
35/day a year ago→49/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayDynamic Widgets is widely praised for its reliable, granular control and ability to display widgets on any page, including WooCommerce product pages, but some users encounter errors, poor documentation, and confusing editor navigation.
What people like
- +Reliable functionality that does the job well×5
- +High granularity and fine control over widget placement×3
- +Can display widgets on all pages, including specific WooCommerce product pages×2
- +Easy to use and simple interface×2
- +Works well with the latest versions of WordPress
- +Free of charge
- +Generally useful for widget management
Common complaints
- −Shows an error message and suggests reinstalling
- −Fails to work for some users (does nothing)
- −Poor documentation and confusing navigation when assigning widgets in the editor
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.68★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 6%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
2024-06-142025-06-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 109 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-05-17★★★★★It Worked!Rik0399
- 2021-07-15★★★★★Facile à utiliser et efficacearalar
- 2020-03-20★★★★★Not working on WordPress Network 5.3Almino Melo
- 2020-01-27★★★★★Did the job!bufus
- 2019-09-28★★★★★Very usefulVasudevaServerRus
- 2018-11-15★★★★★My dream come truestanoam
- 2018-06-19★★★★★Confusing and does not work.ohkevmanaol
- 2018-04-16★★★★★Works greatTony Fitzpatrick80
- 2018-03-31★★★★★I tried a few: this beats them all!lucio7
- 2018-01-25★★★★★LovelyEarid A.
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.
45
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
47
Prior 7-day baseline
44
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
142
Mean release-day peak (30d)
48
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-4.3%
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
4.90
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.68 → 4.68★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered