Advanced WP Hide Referer
by wplabs · Uncategorized
Hide Referer for WordPress removes the referer (referrer) from all external links on your blog. It does this by converting all outgoing
45 health vs 56 average across 12,169 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4092 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
59
now · peak 166
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-03-15 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-03-09 10+ → 20+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-03-04 20+ → 10+ down after 213 days in tier
- 2024-08-03 30+ → 20+ down after 143 days in tier
- 2024-03-13 20+ → 30+ up after 56 days in tier
- 2024-01-17 10+ → 20+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2024-01-05 20+ → 10+ down after 64 days in tier
- 2023-11-02 30+ → 20+ down after 97 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers 90K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
If Menu – Visibility control for Menus 50K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
WP Hide & Security Enhancer 50K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Dynamic Visibility for Elementor 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Hide Admin Bar 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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