Remove Deleted Pages from Search Index vs Remove Author Pages

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Remove Deleted Pages from Search Index

by Oliver Hancke

Health D43

Remove Author Pages

by Vinicius Braz Pinto

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

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Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Remove Deleted Pages from Search Index	Remove Author Pages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-33%
Overall health	D · 43	D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	7/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.32★ ✓
Reviews	0	9 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	52/100 ✓	40/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	3.2y ago ✓	8.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	62	168 ✓
Category	Search	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

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7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.