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Simple Image Widget
A tiny image tool that requires a little CSS magic.
HealthyGrowing
77/100
The plugin is lightweight and extensible but lacks basic alignment controls.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.5★
39 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+50%
Growing fast
6 → 9 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORnot updated in 11 months
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 · +50% in the last year
6/day a year ago→9/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySimple Image Widget is praised for its ease of use, lightweight design, and flexible template customization, but users note missing alignment controls and occasional bugs such as image duplication and site-specific failures.
What people like
- +Easy to use and customize, with simple template modification×7
- +Supports native WordPress functions and responsive image attributes (srcset/sizes)
- +Lightweight and minimal feature set, not obtrusive×2
- +Clean codebase, making output template easy to modify×2
Common complaints
- −No built-in option to center or align images within the widget
- −Inconsistent compatibility; fails on some sites despite identical theme and WordPress version
- −Image duplication bug when adding multiple images
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.51★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 39 total
Latest reviews · 39 analyzed
- 2020-06-24★★★★★Better than WP native imageCyndi
- 2018-09-21★★★★★Customizable and simply greatryver
- 2017-06-09★★★★★Perfect image widget pluginJohn-Pierre Cornelissen
- 2016-07-20★★★★★cool stuff – best choice for developers!usability.idealist
- 2016-05-23★★★★★Easy to useTrek Themes
- 2016-03-20★★★★★Awesome Pluginarnold
- 2016-03-03★★★★★Perfect.mairag
- 2016-03-02★★★★★A little too simpleBobthearch
- 2016-02-20★★★★★I use it on all of my websites that i designellice909
- 2015-10-27★★★★★Awesome!kceres
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.
9
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
9
Prior 7-day baseline
5
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
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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
82%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.51 → 4.51★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered