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Widget Importer & Exporter

Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026

200,000

Active installs, lower bound

Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs

Days since the last release

Group median: 12

4.7

out of 5, from 117 ratings

Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)

0.0%

Support threads marked resolved, two months

Group: 68.2%

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What is Widget Importer & Exporter and who is behind it?

Widget Importer & Exporter is a WordPress plugin in the “Admin and backup” field, made by Steven Gliebe. It has been listed in the directory since 15 Jul 2013, so for 13 years. It is the only plugin by Steven Gliebe with at least 10,000 installs. With 200,000 to 299,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 96 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.

This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:

“Import and export your widgets.”

Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026

When was Widget Importer & Exporter last released?

The last release of Widget Importer & Exporter came 96 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.

Each dot is a plugin in the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group, placed horizontally by days since its last release, on a logarithmic scale. The dashed line marks 365 days.

How many installs does Widget Importer & Exporter have?

Widget Importer & Exporter had 200,000 to 299,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 139 plugins had a higher band and 79 plugins the same band.

The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 200,000 means at least 200,000 and at most 299,999.

Which WordPress version is Widget Importer & Exporter tested with?

No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.0, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.

How does Widget Importer & Exporter compare with its group?

The group holds 399 listed plugins. 83.5% of them had a more recent last release than Widget Importer & Exporter; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.

Figure	Widget Importer & Exporter	Group, 399 plugins
Days since the last release	96	median 12
Rating	4.7 (117)	median 4.7 (10+ ratings)
Support threads marked resolved	0.0%	68.2%
Tested up to	7.0	47.6% on 7.1
Requires PHP	5.2	most often 7.4 (41.6%)

All values on the reference date

Slug	`widget-importer-exporter`
Author	Steven Gliebe
Active installs	200,000 to 299,999
Last release	96 days before the reference date
Tested up to	WordPress 7.0 · core on the reference date: 7.1
Requires WordPress	3.5
Requires PHP	5.2
Rating	4.7 out of 5 from 117 ratings
Support threads, two months	0 of 1 marked resolved
Listed since	15 Jul 2013
Total downloads	5,330,041, updates included
Tags	exporter, import, importer, widget, widgets

Tag	Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag	Rank by installs	Median days since release
exporter	2	1	55
import	14	2	68
importer	8	2	115
widget	41	3	103
widgets	29	6	59

Class of 2013

Widget Importer & Exporter has been listed since 15 Jul 2013. Of the 131 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2013, 82.4% released within the 365 days before the reference date.

Same group, shared tags

Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.

Plugin	Active installs	Last release	Rating
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget	200,000 to 299,999	8 days before the reference date	4.8 (191)
Blocksy Companion	300,000 to 399,999	1 day before the reference date	4.7 (93)
Custom Sidebars	100,000 to 199,999	12 days before the reference date	4.7 (1,028)
Customizer Export/Import	100,000 to 199,999	73 days before the reference date	4.8 (115)
Image Widget	100,000 to 199,999	130 days before the reference date	4.9 (287)
Jeg Kit for Elementor	300,000 to 399,999	2 days before the reference date	3.8 (78)
Ocean Extra	500,000 to 599,999	10 days before the reference date	3.3 (67)
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails	100,000 to 199,999	10 days before the reference date	4.8 (212)

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Source and status

All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.

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