Delay Posts From Appearing in WordPress RSS Feed
by inthiscode · Content & Feeds
Beat content scrapers and save yourself from accidental publishing by delaying posts in your RSS feed.
41 health vs 59 average across 544 Content & Feeds plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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 2201 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
30
now · peak 77
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 40 days in band
- 2026-05-31 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-05-26 50+ → 40+ down after 77 days in band
- 2026-03-10 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-03-06 50+ → 40+ down after 94 days in band
- 2025-12-02 60+ → 50+ down after 21 days in band
- 2025-11-11 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-10 60+ → 50+ down after 11 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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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
RSS Feed Retriever 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D -
Feed Post Thumbnail 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C -
Featured Image in RSS Feed by MailerLite 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C -
Remove RSS Feed 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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