Widget Pack
Widget Pack is a WordPress plugin that enables essential, yet powerful features for your website.
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Widget Pack shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 200+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 33/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (200+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 10 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.2 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Widget Pack stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| call to action widget | >100 |
| list authors | >100 |
| oembed | >100 |
| page tree | >100 |
| preview post widget | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 3 reviews
About Widget Pack
From the official readme · v1.2Description
Widget Pack consists of several widget modules that will enable you to do the things you wish were WordPress standard features.
The idea behind building such a plugin is that we believe following WordPress.org codex and best practices is the only way of developing WordPress themes and plugins.
We encourage all end-users, as well as developers, to extend any additional functionality of WordPress themes by using Widget Pack. This ensures painless and safe switching themes without loosing any widget content or its function.
TS Call to Action Widget
Call to action widget gives you an option of inserting a call to action box in any widgetized area of your WordPress theme. Elements of the call to action widget are:
- Title
- Call to action text
- Button link
- Button text
- Button second line text
- Button position (right, left, below, no-button
- Button color (yellow, blue, red, green, black)
TS List Authors Widget
This widget lists all authors on your blog. You have the option of customizing:
- Title
- Number of authors to display
- Show/hide author Gravatars
- Gravatar Size (32px, 48px, 64px)
- Sort by (number of posts, alphabetically)
- Sorting (ascending, descending)
- Show latest posts for each author
TS oEmbed Widget
TS oEmbed allows you to embed all kinds of stuff without worrying about the code. You just enter the link and widget does the rest.
Supported formats:
- Animoto
- Blip
- CollegeHumor
- DailyMotion
- EmbedArticles
- Flickr
- FunnyOrDie.com
- Hulu
- Imgur
- iSnare
- Issuu
- Kickstarter
- Meetup.com
- Mixcloud
- Photobucket
- PollDaddy
- Rdio
- Revision3
- Scribd
- SlideShare
- SmugMug
- SoundCloud
- Spotify
- TED
- Tumblr
- Vimeo
- Vine
- WordPress.tv
- YouTube Videos
TS Page Tree Widget
The widget shows your current position in page hierarchy. Options you have for TS Page Tree widget are:
- Title
- Page tree top level page (current, top)
“Current” shows only child pages and all pages bellow the one you’re currently viewing
“Top” shows top level ancestors.
TS Preview Post Widget
Preview Post widget shows the post you’d like to feature. For that post you choose:
- Post ID
- Show post title
- Show post thumbnail
- Show Excerpt
- Read more link text (leave more link text)
TS Social Icons
Social Icons widget enables people to easily connect with you on social networks of your choosing and there’s an abundance of them.
- Google+
- YouTube
- Vimeo
- Flickr
- Dribbble
- Tumblr
- Last.fm
Features
TS Call to Action Widget
Call to action widget gives you an option of inserting a call to action box in any widgetized area of your WordPress theme. Elements of the call to action widget are:
- Title
- Call to action text
- Button link
- Button text
- Button second line text
- Button position (right, left, below, no-button
- Button color (yellow, blue, red, green, black)
TS List Authors Widget
This widget lists all authors on your blog. You have the option of customizing:
- Title
- Number of authors to display
- Show/hide author Gravatars
- Gravatar Size (32px, 48px, 64px)
- Sort by (number of posts, alphabetically)
- Sorting (ascending, descending)
- Show latest posts for each author
TS oEmbed Widget
TS oEmbed allows you to embed all kinds of stuff without worrying about the code. You just enter the link and widget does the rest.
Supported formats:
- YouTube (public videos only)
- Vimeo
- Flickr (both videos and images)
- Hulu
- Twitter (WordPress 3.4+)
- DailyMotion
- blip.tv
- Viddler
- Qik
- Revision3
- Scribd
- Photobucket
- PollDaddy
- WordPress.tv (only VideoPress-type videos for the time being)
- SmugMug (WordPress 3.0+)
- FunnyOrDie.com (WordPress 3.0+)
TS Page Tree Widget
The widget shows your current position in page hierarchy. Options you have for TS Page Tree widget are:
- Title
- Page tree top level page (current, top)
“Current” shows only child pages and all pages bellow the one you’re currently viewing
“Top” shows top level ancestors.
TS Preview Post Widget
Preview Post widget shows the post you’d like to feature. For that post you choose:
- Post ID
- Show post title
- Show post thumbnail
- Show Excerpt
- Read more link text (leave more link text)
TS Social Icons
Social Icons widget enables people to easily connect with you on social networks of your choosing and there’s an abundance of them.
- Google+
- YouTube
- Vimeo
- Flickr
- Dribbble
- Tumblr
- Last.fm
Credits
Social Icons – http://veodesign.com/2011/en/11/08/somacro-27-free-big-and-simple-social-media-icons/
Installation
- Download the plugin from this page and extract it
- Copy the fancier-author-box folder to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress dashboard
Changelog
Widget Pack plugin was made to make life easier for end-user who wish to expand WordPress functionality, as well as for developers, so they don't have to bundle widgets into themes. This way you preserve functionality in the event of switching to a different theme.
1.2
- Adds minified JS and CSS files.
1.1
- Added filtering by user role to List Authors widget.
- Fixed several PHP notices.
1.0
- The first version of the plugin.
Screenshots
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Best Widget Pack alternatives
All call to action widget plugins →| Rank | Plugin | Active installs |
|---|---|---|
| 2 |
Call to Action Widget
A simple text widget with Title, Image URL, A text/html area, Link Text and Link URL. This…
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100+ |
FAQ
Widget Pack: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026
Is Widget Pack free?
Yes. Widget Pack is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Widget Pack safe to use in 2026?
Widget Pack shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 200+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 33/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Widget Pack?
Widget Pack is active on 200+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 24,961 times since it launched in November 2012. It was downloaded 116 times in the last 30 days.
Does Widget Pack work with WordPress 7.1?
Widget Pack is officially tested up to WordPress 4.2.39, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Widget Pack last updated?
The latest version, 1.2, was released on June 27, 2016 (10 years ago).
Who makes Widget Pack?
Widget Pack is developed and maintained by Slobodan Manić.
What are the best alternatives to Widget Pack?
The most popular alternatives to Widget Pack are Call to Action Widget (100+ installs).
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