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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 Author Pages is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Remove Deleted Pages from Search Index moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+; Remove Author Pages moved down one install band, 3K+ to 2K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

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 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. -33% 3K+ → 2K+
Overall health — D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 6/100 ✓ 3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. — 84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. — 70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) — 4.3★ ✓
Reviews 0 9 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 47/100 ✓ 39/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Elevated ✓ High
Last updated 3.3y ago ✓ 8.9y ago
Downloads, last 30d 47 345 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. -36% +10%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 1.0% 6.3% ✓
Category Developer Tools Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Remove Deleted Pages from Search IndexRemove Author Pages

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.