Category Exclusions
by Ostap Brehin · Uncategorized
Manage category exclusions for your WordPress site's front page, feeds, and archives.
51 health vs 55 average across 15,263 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 700 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 2024-08-16 · 700 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
25
now · peak 132
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
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2024-08-16 · 692 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Ultimate Category Excluder 50K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/category-exclusions" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Category Exclusions — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Category Exclusions: — active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/category-exclusions