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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget
Stylish feeds that might make your site a little sluggish.
Declining
69/100
Users enjoy the easy setup and support but complain about slow loading speeds.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.6★
66 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-47%
Declining fast
60 → 32 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 47% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 6 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
Declining fast · -47% in the last year
60/day a year ago→32/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySuper RSS Reader is widely praised for its simplicity, solid support, and flexible CSS customization, but users report performance slowdowns and functional limitations such as lack of per-widget caching and incomplete feed options.
What people like
- +Simple and easy to use with a clean interface×7
- +Responsive and helpful developer support×5
- +Allows CSS customization and widget-level settings×4
- +Comprehensive documentation and advanced hooks
- +Affordable pricing and good value
- +Includes attractive built-in themes
- +Capable of handling complex tasks such as importing CPT data
Common complaints
- −Slow page load performance with the premium version
- −No option to adjust feed caching per widget
- −Naver blog thumbnails are not displayed
- −Customization limited to widgets; shortcodes cannot use custom templates
- −Free version limited to widgets only and not compatible with all themes
- −Cannot display category feeds; only full site feed is shown
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.63★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 66 total
Latest reviews · 66 analyzed
- 2025-11-15★★★★★Excellent PluginUseful Tech Stuff
- 2024-05-31★★★★★Excellent34503895
- 2024-02-23★★★★★Very slow takes minutes to loadrumit123
- 2023-12-02★★★★★Exceptionaljbottero
- 2023-05-19★★★★★A+ supportknluu
- 2023-02-25★★★★★Great Product, Great Supportkmg1016
- 2023-02-02★★★★★네이버 블로그 썸네일은 표시가 안됩니다!!dplus1001-shot
- 2022-12-08★★★★★Super as the name saysFred Marcelo
- 2022-12-01★★★★★best for editorsSR PUBLISHER
- 2022-10-29★★★★★Feature rich pluginwinuku
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.
29
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
28
Prior 7-day baseline
25
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
29
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+3.6%
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.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.60
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
85%
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
4.62 → 4.63★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered