Clean Meta Descriptions
by matthewsudekum · SEO
Removes shortcodes from Yoast meta descriptions. Adds clean meta descriptions if none exist.
75 health vs 63 average across 983 SEO 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-11-12 · 1,343 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
24
now · peak 134
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 2022-11-11 · 1,343 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
-
ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
SEO SIMPLE PACK 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Meta Tag Manager 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Website LLMs.txt 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP All Import – Import SEO Settings for Yoast SEO 20K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple SEO 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Clean Meta Descriptions into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/clean-meta-descriptions" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Clean Meta Descriptions — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Clean Meta Descriptions: — active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/clean-meta-descriptions