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Disable DNS prefetch

by Dhiraj Suthar · Uncategorized

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This plugin will help you to remove DNS prefetch from fontend side.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 56 average across 12,555 Uncategorized plugins

90+

Active installs

≈97 estimated

3.4K

Total downloads

since 2020

3.60★

Rating (adjusted)

0.0★ raw · 0 reviews

-39%

86

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 2/100
WP compatibility 17/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2349 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-39% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

86

now · peak 187

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

Disable DNS prefetch · #16901 wuk.ch DNS-Prefetch · #37614

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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
90–100 ≈97

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations

Ratings · 0 reviews

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Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
6.4y ago
Added
2020-02-10 · 6 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.1
Tested up to
5.3.21
Requires PHP
5.2.4
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Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-26 100+ → 90+ down after 15 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-11 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-10 100+ → 90+ down after 401 days in tier
  4. 2025-05-05 90+ → 100+ up after 330 days in tier
  5. 2024-06-09 100+ → 90+ down after 15 days in tier
  6. 2024-05-25 90+ → 100+ up after 44 days in tier
  7. 2024-04-11 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2024-04-10 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier

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