Comment Author URL Stripper
by Nick Momrik · Uncategorized
Removes the comment author URL if it contains any of the specified words.
41 health vs 56 average across 11,840 Uncategorized 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3874 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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
18
now · peak 63
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 2022-10-06 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-12 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-11 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-07-05 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-04 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-07-01 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-29 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-27 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-25 20+ → 10+ down after 12 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Smart User Slug Hider 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C - W WP Author Slug 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
- C cbnet Multi Author Comment Notification 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Change Author Link Structure 700+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Hide Author Archive 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - D Disable Comment Url 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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