Disable Feeds
by WPDeveloper · Content & Feeds
Also makes 47 other plugins · 2.8M+ installs across the portfolio →
Disables all RSS/Atom/RDF feeds on your WordPress site.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
20K+
≈27K estimated
Momentum
+46%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “atom”, “disable” and “feeds” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
50 health vs 64 average across 1,193 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.0%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 223K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 864 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2022-12-05Recent reviewers say it still does the job on current WordPress versions, with one asking for an update so the plugin stops showing an untested warning, while the only unhappy reports are older ones where feeds weren't getting redirected.
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3137 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 31 reviews, smoothed to 4.33★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3137 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| atom your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| disable your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| feeds your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rdf your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rss your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “atom”, “disable” and “feeds” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
8.6y ago
latest release · v1.4.4 · 30 Mar 2018
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; the previous band took 22 months to cross, which places it about 66% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Dec 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Littlemailman3.9y ago
Plugin still works, but could you please update it, so we do not get missing update warnings? This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Littlemailman.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chris019715944.1y ago
Using WordPress 6.0.2 and works perfectly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chillmen4.8y ago
Works with wp 5.9 Do the job
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ anithaly6.4y ago
Works with wp 5.4.1
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Grigory Volochy7.0y ago
Tested with WP 5.2.3 and it is working fine. Checked its code and all was correct and clean.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ martin248.0y ago
Nice plugin to disable feeds.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Harry8.7y ago
works fine to me..
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gerancos8.7y ago
Installed and activated it, kept default option (301 redirect). Didn’t do anything for me – no effect. The feed pages still exist and are not redirected
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.4.4 Add translation support. 1.4.4
- — Version 1.4.3 Compatiblity for for WP 3.6 when feed URLs are set to return a 404 response. 1.4.3
- — Version 1.4.2 Fix potential security issue when redirecting feeds. 1.4.2
- — Version 1.4 Added BBPress support, thanks to Matthew Sigley. 1.4
- — Version 1.3.1 Bugfix: Missing global variable caused error when feed URL were set to 404. 1.3.1
- — Version 1.3 More robust feed redirection. In some rare cases, WordPress fails to automatically redirect the user to the parent content. If this happens, the plugin now attempts a redirect by parsing the URL and removing the feed por 1.3
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 8 languages, 7 at 90% or more · development strings
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 26 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 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 602 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-23 30K+ → 20K+ down after 653 days in tier
- 2024-06-08 40K+ → 30K+ down after 315 days in tier
- 2023-07-29 50K+ → 40K+ down after 44 days in tier
- 2023-06-15 40K+ → 50K+ up after 1335 days in tier
- 2019-10-19 30K+ → 40K+ up after 62 days in tier
- 2019-08-18 40K+ → 30K+ down after 113 days in tier
- 2019-04-27 30K+ → 40K+ up after 144 days in tier
- 2018-12-04 20K+ → 30K+ up after 1282 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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Disable Feeds WP 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags B - R RSS Just Better 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- W WP Pubsubhubbub 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- S Syndicate Press 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
-
GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
RSS Includes Pages 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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