Widgets Reloaded for WordPress Plugin Directory
Widgets Reloaded is a WordPress app, with a 4.5 average rating from 11 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Widgets Reloaded is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Justin Tadlock. With a rating of 4.5★ from 11 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Widgets Reloaded is a highly rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 11 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.5★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Justin Tadlock — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (11) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Widgets Reloaded works
The default WordPress widgets don’t offer much control over how they are output on the screen. Widgets Reloaded seeks to correct this problem.
This plugin provides alternatives to many of the default widgets with versions that allow much more control. Widgets come with numerous options to output widget content just like you want.
Plugin Features The plugin creates the following widgets:
Reloaded – Archives
Reloaded – Authors
Reloaded – Bookmarks (if link manager is enabled)
Reloaded – Calendar
Reloaded – Categories
Reloaded – Menu
Reloaded – Pages
Reloaded – Posts
Reloaded – Tags
Professional Support If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can join the club at Theme Hybrid, which is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my plugins and themes for a community of 75,000+ users (and growing).
Plugin Development If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow the development of this plugin on it’s GitHub repository.
Donations Yes, I do accept donations. If you want to donate, you can do so from my donations page or grab me something from my Amazon Wish List.
I appreciate all donations, no matter the size. Further development of this plugin is not contingent on donations, but they are always a nice incentive.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Widgets Reloaded?
Widgets Reloaded is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.5-star rating from 11 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Justin Tadlock.