Duplicate Content Cure
by Badi Jones · SEO
Duplicate content cure is a simple plugin that improves SEO by preventing search engines from indexing pages that contain duplicate content.
41 health vs 64 average across 558 SEO 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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 4063 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
62
now · peak 167
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 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-07 300+ → 200+ down after 413 days in band
- 2025-04-20 400+ → 300+ down after 92 days in band
- 2025-01-18 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-01-14 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-13 300+ → 400+ up after 39 days in band
- 2024-12-05 400+ → 300+ down after 371 days in band
- 2023-11-30 500+ → 400+ down after 116 days in band
- 2023-08-06 600+ → 500+ down after 110 days in band
Competes with
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