Disable Trackbacks
by Automattic · Security
Globally disables trackbacks to cut down on spam. Very, very few people legitimately use trackbacks and spammers love them, so it's worthy tradeo …
45 health vs 68 average across 375 Security plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 6500 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
66
now · peak 160
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-05 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-02 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-01 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-28 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-27 300+ → 200+ down after 302 days in band
- 2025-05-01 400+ → 300+ down after 291 days in band
- 2024-07-14 500+ → 400+ down after 242 days in band
- 2023-11-15 600+ → 500+ down after 129 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Hide Trackbacks 300+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Mail Logging 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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