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Bleep Filter

by nathanlampe · Search

An advanced word and content filter perfect for passively eliminating profanity and spoilers.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 60 average across 606 Search plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4426 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+8% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

55

now · peak 155

5530d downloads · Aug 26

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

Bleep Filter · #44082 you Content Censor · #8690 Post Filter · #35040 String Replacer · #12916

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

5.5Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
10–20 ≈17

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,382 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.2
Last updated
12.1y ago
Added
2013-05-22 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5.1
Tested up to
3.9.40
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. haridiva
    7.8y ago

    To hide, whether completely or not profanity words within blog texts, this plugin gives it best benefit. But, I don’t know, sometimes it just simply doesn’t work at all. But among the most, it just fine.

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  2. Rik0399
    11.2y ago

    Hi, Shame its not being updated as I was looking for a bad words plugin where I can past a whole list into a screen and save. It would check member listings against the words and maybe have the ability to ‘swop’ the word as selected by the Admin. Is anyone still using this and doing so with 4.2.2? Many Thanks

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  3. DinDub
    13.3y ago

    Works really well with getting rid of swear words in comments

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

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