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Exclude Pages

by Simon Wheatley · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 1 other plugin · 30K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, uncheck this to exclude pages from the page navigation that users see on your site.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
51 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 92/100
Support 70/100

51 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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.

45 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 90/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3196 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+25% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

492

now · peak 859

48630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Exclude Pages · #1102 you Exclude Pages From M · #2443 Max Mega Menu · #164 Menu Image, Icons ma · #405

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

24per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

14.2y ago

latest release · v1.92

16

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.92 · 14.2y ago1.91 · 15.0y ago1.9 · 16.2y ago1.8.3 · 16.3y ago1.8.2 · 16.3y ago1.8.1 · 16.3y ago1.8 · 16.9y ago1.7 · 17.1y ago1.6 · 17.1y ago1.51 · 17.4y ago1.5 · 17.5y ago1.4 · 18.4y ago1.3 · 18.4y ago1.2 · 18.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.92 98%
Older / other versions 2.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20K–30K ≈24K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,482 observations

20KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Details

Version
1.92
Last updated
8.8y ago
Added
2007-09-22 · 18 yrs old
Requires WP
2.2.3
Tested up to
3.4.2
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. jreynders
    2.1y ago

    Installed on wp6.6.1 php8.1. The plugin appears in prefect working condition in spite of is age.

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  2. jackreidy
    6.8y ago

    last update was years ago but it still works with WP 5.3

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  3. Gomisan
    8.0y ago

    Unlike another plugin with a similar name, this plugin still works just fine with my WordPress sites and themes. A real shame that it has been abandoned, and I’d love to see an ‘updated’ version by someone.

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  4. mlipenk
    8.4y ago

    This worked for me on WP 4.9.4 using PHP Version: 7.0.28, however only after editing the plugin by changing: $parent = & ep_get_page( $page->post_parent, $pages ); to: $parent = ep_get_page( $page->post_parent, $pages ); This also worked with side menus such as BE Subpages Widget, which uses wp_list_pages, not just navigation using standard functions wp_nav_menu or wp_page_menu. It is unfortunate the plugin hasn’t been updated, because it is a good plugin that does exactly what I wanted… allowing pages to be present in the site without automatically being listed in auto-menus. This topic was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by mlipenk.

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  5. raygulick
    9.4y ago

    This is an error encountered if your server is using PHP 5.6 or above, and if debugging for your site is enabled. If you’re still using PHP 5.3, it works fine on WP 4.7.3. It does not appear that the plugin author has any interest in updating this plugin, or I would give it 5 stars. Any plugin developers who would like to fork and maintain this plugin?

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  6. boris.klug
    10.7y ago

    For me this plugin works perfect for hiding pages from the menus. I use the theme Twenty Fourteen.

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  7. juanpastas
    10.7y ago

    Thanks a lot.

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  8. Anonymous
    10.7y ago

    Yep, the plugin works as expected on WP 4.3.1 What would be nice would be a “global config” setting where we could select either: All pages/posts excluded as default OR All pages/posts included as default So for those of us who are creating a lot of content on a website that can really clog up a Pages widget with unnecessary links. But if we could exclude all posts/pages as default, then we’d only have to select the handful of pages/posts we want displayed in menus and widgets and everything else would be hidden – a real timesaver. NOTE FOR THE DEVELOPER: If you’re not able or willing to add this modification, I’ll be happy to get it done. Just reply to let me know.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 8.4 LOCALISATION: Italian translation courtesy of Gianni Diurno 8.4
  2. Version 8.3 LOCALISATION: Polish translation courtesy of Pawel, Siedlecki Portal Informacyjnie Najlepszy LOCALISATION: German translation courtesy of Meini, Utech Computer Solutions 8.3
  3. Version 8.2 Dear Non-English Exclude Pages Users, This release includes the facility for Exclude Pages to be translated into languages other than English. Please contact me if you want to translate Exclude Pages into your language. 8.2
  4. Version 8.1 BUGFIX: Check for existence of parent object before attempting to use it. (Thanks to Robert Kosara for the bug report.) v1.8 2009/10/27 BUGFIX: PHP 5.3 doesn’t like the fact that parameters marked as passed by reference 8.1

Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-10 30K+ → 20K+ down after 546 days in tier
  2. 2025-01-10 40K+ → 30K+ down after 350 days in tier
  3. 2024-01-26 50K+ → 40K+ down after 280 days in tier
  4. 2023-04-21 60K+ → 50K+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-04-20 50K+ → 60K+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2023-04-19 60K+ → 50K+ down

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