Disable Feeds
by WPDeveloper · Content & Feeds
Also makes 45 other plugins · 2.9M+ installs across the portfolio →
Disables all RSS/Atom/RDF feeds on your WordPress site.
50 health vs 60 average across 779 Content & Feeds plugins
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 4.9.31, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3074 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
903
now · peak 2.0K
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
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
11.4y ago
latest release · v1.3.1
6
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-21 · 1,471 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
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.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Littlemailman3.7y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ Chris019715943.9y ago
Using WordPress 6.0.2 and works perfectly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chillmen4.6y ago
Works with wp 5.9 Do the job
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ anithaly6.3y ago
Works with wp 5.4.1
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Grigory Volochy6.9y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ martin247.9y ago
Nice plugin to disable feeds.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Harry8.5y ago
works fine to me..
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gerancos8.5y 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
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
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 A - R RSS Just Better 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- W WP Pubsubhubbub 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
- S Syndicate Press 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Simple Feed Copyright 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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