Yoast SEO Cleaner
by moazam · SEO
Cleans up your WP options table by removing Yoast SEO "_cache_validator" entries.
41 health vs 62 average across 676 SEO 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 3057 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
117
now · peak 142
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-10 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2026-06-05 20+ → 30+ up after 32 days in band
- 2026-05-04 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-04-28 20+ → 30+ up after 11 days in band
- 2026-04-17 30+ → 20+ down after 19 days in band
- 2026-03-29 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-26 30+ → 20+ down after 319 days in band
- 2025-05-11 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 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 -
WPGraphQL Yoast SEO Addon 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Remove Yoast SEO Comments 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D - T Turn Yoast SEO FAQ Block to Accordion 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
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