Disable Everything
by dessky · Uncategorized
Also makes 6 other plugins · 30.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
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Install count doesn't reflect chosen adoption
30K+ installs but only 6 reviews: about 2.0 per 10,000 installs, where plugins people pick from the directory typically sit above 10. The install count also held flat for months and then climbed several tiers within weeks, the shape of a distribution change rather than organic adoption. Install bases built through bundling or preinstallation look like this. That is a legitimate way to ship software, but it means the install count says little about how many users chose this plugin.
Not a judgment of the plugin itself. We keep it off install-based leaderboards because the count isn't a popularity signal here.
Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30K+
≈35K estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 58/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →49%
of downloads still active
At least 30K of 61.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 4 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| bloat your tag | #2 | #6 | up 1 |
| remove bloat your tag | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| wp2shell your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| unbloat your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| disable revision | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| patch | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| everything | #4 | #13 | 0 |
| disable emojis | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| adminbar | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| no bloat | #2 | #6 | up 1 |
| disable your tag | #8 | #13 | 0 |
| disable thumbnails | #5 | #15 | 0 |
| crash | #5 | #7 | 0 |
| disable notifications | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| change howdy | #5 | #5 | 0 |
| howdy | #5 | #4 | 0 |
| disable right click | #7 | #17 | down 1 |
| disable comments | #7 | #12 | 0 |
| right click disable | #8 | #19 | down 1 |
| remove howdy | #7 | #7 | 0 |
154 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 114 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “everything”, “crash” and “right click disable” (#4, #5 and #8 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 6.4K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow 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
4d ago
latest release · v0.4.2 · 27 Oct 2026
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 53% of the way through.
Install history since 24 May 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sami_ch2.0y ago
I’ve tried many plugins and hacks in order to hide wp’s version to wpscan and nothing worked…until I found this very cool plugin 🙂 This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by sami_ch.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cazangeorgian2.1y ago
amazing plugin, however you need to review your code, as it throws some errors in shell using wp cli. check below: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “QUERY_STRING” in /home/****/****/domain.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/disable-everything/disable-everything.php on line 48 Warning: Undefined array key “QUERY_STRING” in /home/****/****/domain.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/disable-everything/disable-everything.php on line 48
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Fabrizio Azzali3.0y ago
Work as promised
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Metalmonger3.5y ago
Installed this to disable RSS feeds. But while I was at it I also disabled a bunch of other things the plugin offered, e.g. user enumeration, author archives and some superfluous meta tags. Works nicely, thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ because i4.5y ago
Hope you will update your plugin to match newest WP.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chrisedev4.8y ago
I’ve managed to speed up my web-shop big time by simply deactivating all unused options with this neat plugin. Great job devs, keep up good work!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.4.1 Moving disable Admin Footer option from Free to Pro version Minor textual changes 0.4.1
- — Version 0.4.0 New disable option: Privacy Tools New disable option: Site Health page New disable option: adjacent_posts links from header New disable option: Version var (?ver=) after styles and scripts New disable option: PDF Thumbna 0.4.0
- — Version 0.3.0 New disable Application Passwords functionality 0.3.0
- — Version 0.2.1 Minor content and textual changes 0.2.1
- — Version 0.2.0 Introducing Pro version Various content and textual changes Bug fixes and performance improvements 0.2.0
- — Version 0.1.1 Minor security improvements 0.1.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Contact Form 7, Yoast and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,730 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "remove bloat", "unbloat" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-19 20K+ → 30K+ up after 129 days in tier
- 2025-12-11 10K+ → 20K+ up after 491 days in tier
- 2024-08-07 9K+ → 10K+ up after 48 days in tier
- 2024-06-20 8K+ → 9K+ up after 66 days in tier
- 2024-04-15 7K+ → 8K+ up after 52 days in tier
- 2024-02-23 6K+ → 7K+ up after 55 days in tier
- 2023-12-30 5K+ → 6K+ up after 77 days in tier
- 2023-10-14 4K+ → 5K+ up after 66 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Unbloater 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bloat Buster – A Simple Plugin To Kill Off Bloat 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
DisablePress – All-in-One plugin to disable unnecessary features 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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Disable Comments 100K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B - D Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly) 60K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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