Disable Topics API
by WP Chill · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 28 other plugins · 383.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Disables Google's Topics API tracking for your website's visitors by adding a 'Permissions-Policy' HTTP header.
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Health
B 77/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈290 estimated
Momentum
+65%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “topics” and “permissions policy” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11 and #16 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
77 health vs 69 average across 910 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.9%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 6.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.2%, across 502 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Privacy & Consent 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 1 release 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
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 6 reviews to 2021-06-04Reviewers are happy across the board, calling it a quick fix for FLoC that installs with no settings and works fine on different hosts.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 262 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
9%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| topics api your tag | #1 | #4 | — |
| topics | #11 | #21 | down 1 |
| permissions policy | #16 | #23 | down 2 |
| google your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| privacy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tracking your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “topics” and “permissions policy” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11 and #16 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 205 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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.
1
releases in the last 12 months
9mo ago
latest release · v1.3 · 11 Feb 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 27 Feb 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Bianca5.4y ago
Thanks Roy for making the internet a little bit better.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kOoLiNuS5.5y ago
I’m installing this plugin over a bunch of sites on many different hosting providers. So far has worked flawlessly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ georg5.5y ago
If you do not want to use a plugin, just add the following lines to your function.php function disable_floc($headers) { $headers['Permissions-Policy'] = 'interest-cohort=()'; return $headers; } add_filter('wp_headers', 'disable_floc');
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Deborah Edwards-Onoro5.5y ago
After reading about Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC), I knew I wanted my site pages excluded from FLoC analysis. Thanks for making this so easy to implement. Added your plugin to my site this morning, confirmed the setting, and it’s good to go.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chris Wiegman5.5y ago
While I hope to see this in WordPress core soon, this is a great alternative.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Martijn Geerdes5.5y ago
urgently needed solution, easy install, no settings
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 11 languages, 7 at 90% or more
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 27 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 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 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 662 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 300+ → 200+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 200+ → 300+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-09-06 300+ → 200+ down after 646 days in tier
- 2024-11-29 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-11-27 300+ → 400+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2024-11-20 400+ → 300+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2024-11-05 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-11-02 400+ → 300+ down after 760 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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GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Universal Google Analytics 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Super Simple Google Analytics 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Global Site Tag Tracking 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple Google Analytics Tracking 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Simple Analytics 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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