Disable Privacy Tools
by Dominik Schilling · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 5 other plugins · 105.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Removes the tools for creating a privacy policy and exporting/erasing personal data.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “core”, “gdpr” and “privacy” 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.
46 health vs 69 average across 910 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 6.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.1%, across 501 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 3 reviews to 2018-05-21Reviewers are thankful the plugin exists and say it's simple to use, with one noting a core privacy tool leaves broken anonymous commenter links behind.
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 1754 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1754 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| core your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gdpr your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| privacy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tools your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “core”, “gdpr” and “privacy” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 102 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
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
4.8y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 11 Jan 2022
2
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.
Install history since 24 May 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Justin Tadlock8.5y ago
I’m just glad I didn’t have to build another plugin to disable core features. So, thanks for saving me some time. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pieter Bos8.5y ago
Thank you for releasing this plugin, Dominik! I think the whole Privacy Tools thing is plugin territory to begin with, but that’s probably a whole different story/discussion. Anyways, thank you for coming with this counter measure, to give people free choice again 🙂 Cheers, Pieter
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nick63526838.5y ago
Nice & Easy. BTW, as of today (WP 4.9.6 RC1), when the Privacy Tool erases a person’s private data in comments, it changes the commentors name to Anonymous, which is fine, but it puts a link to it which points to https://site.invalid, which will result in a bunch of broken link, which of course Google will dearly punish you for all the broken links.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 21 languages, 18 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 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Removes the tools for creating a privacy policy and exporting/erasing personal data."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("suitable for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 604 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "core", "GDPR" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-07 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-03 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-01 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 100+ → 200+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-17 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 200+ → 100+ down after 35 days in tier
- 2026-03-12 100+ → 200+ up after 1 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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WF Cookie Consent 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
The GDPR Framework By Data443 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
GDPR 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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