Exclude From Search
by Luis A. Ochoa · Search
Exclude Page and Attachment post types from search results.
41 health vs 62 average across 338 Search 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, 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 2733 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
19
now · peak 125
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,365 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-02 30+ → 10+ down after 307 days in band
- 2025-06-29 40+ → 30+ down after 285 days in band
- 2024-09-17 50+ → 40+ down after 23 days in band
- 2024-08-25 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-08-23 50+ → 60+ up after 27 days in band
- 2024-07-27 40+ → 50+ up after 25 days in band
- 2024-07-02 50+ → 40+ down after 8 days in band
- 2024-06-24 60+ → 50+ down after 87 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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Search and Replace 10K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B - A Attachments 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B
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Autoremove Attachments 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Post Type Switcher 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Page Ordering 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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