Disable Site Health
by Caleb Zahnd · Uncategorized
Disable the Site Health pages in the admin interface that were added as part of WordPress v5.2
41 health vs 56 average across 15,883 Uncategorized 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, 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 2271 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
59
now · peak 154
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-26 90+ → 80+ down after 37 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 100+ → 90+ down after 386 days in tier
- 2025-03-29 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-28 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-03-25 200+ → 100+ down after 115 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 300+ → 200+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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Performance Lab 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
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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Theme Editor 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Search 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
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