Clean .htaccess Tool
by Jeffrey Costa · Admin & Utilities
Clean .htaccess Tool simplifies WordPress security and performance by safely removing unused entries from your .htaccess file.
53 health vs 56 average across 1,616 Admin & Utilities 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 651 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 2024-10-04 · 651 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
128
now · peak 63.6K
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 1391 days.
Install history · since 2024-10-04 · 650 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 20+ → 100+ up after 30 days in band
- 2026-06-10 10+ → 20+ up after 16 days in band
- 2026-05-25 20+ → 10+ down after 232 days in band
- 2025-10-05 10+ → 20+ up after 88 days in band
- 2025-07-09 — → 10+ up
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