Disable Telemetry
by Brad Parbs · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 12 other plugins · 3.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
A WordPress plugin to disable all HTTP requests to api.wordpress.org.
45 health vs 66 average across 512 Privacy & Consent plugins
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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.17.
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 1922 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
24
now · peak 63
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
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
5.3y ago
latest release · v1.0.3
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2021-05-31The one review here is glowing, crediting the plugin with cutting queries and load times enough to keep a site from timing out on cheap shared hosting.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dspplug5.3y ago
Plainly, I now can make a site that loads in a second. And the person making this plug-in is part of the solution which allows Me to succeed in doing that. Thankyou Brad, I’ll make some videos and get the word out. My experience btw stemmed from the challenges associated with getting queries and inode data down to ensure that 000webhost.com would not time out My friend’s website. It took Me many tries to make everything work as it should. I had to work hard to get everything to use less. I ended up having a working store and a firewall with all the trimmings while using only 54% inode data. With authors like Brad – You can too.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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WP Consent API 200K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable Privacy Tools 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Simple System Status 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D - G Gravity Forms – Tab Index 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Hostinger Tools 3M+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Cookie Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA 900K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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