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Widget Importer & Exporter
A handy utility that occasionally trips over its own exported files.
HealthyDeclining
70/100
Users appreciate the widget migration utility despite recurring reliability issues with exported files and annoying ads.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.7★
117 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-32%
Declining fast
476 → 326 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 32% vs a year ago
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 · -32% in the last year
476/day a year ago→326/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWidget Importer & Exporter is a well-regarded utility plugin that solves a real need for migrating widgets between WordPress sites, though a recurring complaint about exported files failing to re-import undermines its core reliability.
What people like
- +Works as advertised for exporting and importing widgets, including block-based widgets×7
- +Copy/paste .wie code as an alternative import method is a useful fallback×2
Common complaints
- −Exported .wie files sometimes cannot be re-imported by the same plugin, making the core workflow unreliable×2
- −Manually editing the exported file (e.g. removing widget areas) can cause widget duplication and errors on import
- −In-plugin ads are considered spammy
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.68★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 16%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 117 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-11-12★★★★★Thanks for great plugin.Anil Chandra Robidas
- 2024-04-19★★★★★Does what I needChris Lovie-Tyler
- 2024-03-14★★★★★Thank you very muchraffmediapub
- 2023-08-14★★★★★It works with blocks, too!jofer
- 2023-07-15★★★★★Simple and easy to usequyle
- 2023-01-20★★★★★Goode plugin!Unreal Themes
- 2023-01-17★★★★★Did the job!thewebforce
- 2023-01-03★★★★★Can't get it to worktknol
- 2021-10-28★★★★★Super useful, + Helpful tip from supportrapidasia
- 2020-08-27★★★★★Very nice pluginzanyard
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.
296
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
327
Prior 7-day baseline
271
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
264
Mean release-day peak (30d)
334
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-9.5%
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.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.49
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
87%
5★ share in analyzed sample
16%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.60 → 4.68★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered