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Delete Duplicate Posts

by Lars Koudal · Performance

Also makes 2 other plugins · 10.6K+ installs across the portfolio →

Get rid of duplicate posts and pages (any post type) on your blog with manual or automatic modes.

How scoring works →
90 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 94/100
Support 70/100

90 health vs 67 average across 1,075 Performance 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.

99 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 93/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-38% vs prior 30d
95Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

2.3K

now · peak 36.3K

2.3K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

Delete Duplicate Pos · #1694 you DietPress · #4493 AMP · #151 Performance Lab · #293

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

226per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

2

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v5.1

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

5.1 · 2mo ago5.0.3 · 6mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 36% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v5.0 44%
v5.1 36%
v4.9 7.3%
v4.8 6.7%
Older / other versions 5.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈14K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-11-29 · 1,440 observations

10KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
5.1
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2009-09-02 · 16 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 12 reviews to 2026-06-18
Positive PraisePerformance

Reviewers say it does exactly one job and does it fast, with several calling it simple and well suited to large sites.

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. pekos
    2mo ago

    I can’t remember if I have already left a review, but even a duplicate review (hope it does get deleted if exists) is worth it. Does what it promises, very quickly, for free at least for my demands. Good plugin, good work, thank you

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  2. Antonio Caccese
    3mo ago

    GRazie This topic was modified 1 month, 4 weeks ago by Antonio Caccese. Reason: ottimo

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  3. Zisima Web Services
    5mo ago

    The coolest plugin for removing duplicate articles

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  4. ragnar84
    5mo ago

    you won’t regret it , it gets the job done

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  5. etzika
    7mo ago

    Simple – Easy – To the point

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  6. woxel
    8mo ago

    Плагин работает

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  7. slvrdlphn
    8mo ago

    I’m so glad I discovered this plugin.

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  8. goshaleshiy
    9mo ago

    Работает, и это хорошо.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 5.1 2026-06-19 Fixed: fatal “Cannot redeclare ddp_fs_uninstall_cleanup()” error when installing the Pro version on top of the active free version. Improved: redesigned the status notification email with a clean, responsive H 5.1
  2. Version 5.0.3 2026-03-08 Maintenance release. Fixed PHP notice about translations loading too early (WP 6.7+). Fixed incorrect text domains preventing some strings from being translated. Fixed SQL error in plugin uninstall cleanup. Fi 5.0.3
  3. Version 5.0.2 2025-05-15 Maintenance release. Code optimization. Updating 3rd party libraries. 5.0.2
  4. Version 5.0 New version number Improved translations in the plugin. Added new language translations: Danish (da_DK), German (de_DE), English (en_US), Spanish (es_ES), Finnish (fi_FI), French (fr_FR), Italian (it_IT), Norwegian Bokmå 5.0
  5. Version 4.9.9 Advertisements permanently displayed on plugin page. Thank you @secretja for the idea. Added row count selection dropdown to duplicate posts and redirects tables. Improved error handling for DataTables to display message 4.9.9
  6. Version 4.9.8 Finally fixing the ajax datatables error – maybe? 4.9.8

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2023-11-13 CVE-2023-47754 Missing Authorization Affects < 4.9 Patched in 4.9
  2. 2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects 4.1.9 - 4.8.8 Patched in 4.8.9
  3. 2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 4.7.5 Patched in 4.7.5
  4. 2019-02-25 Missing Authorization Affects < 4.1.9.5 Patched in 4.1.9.5

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 36 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Korean 53%
Russian 53%
Spanish (Spain) 37%
French (France) 35%
Italian 35%
English (UK) 22%
Danish 14%
Dutch (Belgium) 12%
Albanian 2%
English (Australia) 2%
German 2%
Romanian 2%
Armenian 1%
Azerbaijani 1%
Catalan 1%
Croatian 1%
Czech 1%
Dutch 1%
English (Canada) 1%
English (New Zealand) 1%
Esperanto 1%
Finnish 1%
French (Canada) 1%
Hungarian 1%

Plus 12 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-11 20K+ → 10K+ down after 946 days in tier
  2. 2023-10-08 30K+ → 20K+ down after 85 days in tier
  3. 2023-07-15 20K+ → 30K+ up after 28 days in tier
  4. 2023-06-17 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-06-16 20K+ → 30K+ up after 91 days in tier
  6. 2023-03-17 30K+ → 20K+ down

Competes with

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