Exclude Search
by Jainish Brahmbhatt · Search
Exclude posts, pages, products or custom posts from WordPress search results.
83 health vs 64 average across 284 Search plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-01-12 · 551 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
39
now · peak 276
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 547 days.
Install history · since 2025-01-16 · 547 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 80+ → 70+ down after 37 days in band
- 2026-06-05 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-04 80+ → 70+ down after 5 days in band
- 2026-05-30 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-28 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-26 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-22 80+ → 70+ down after 104 days in band
- 2026-02-07 70+ → 80+ up after 74 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 Exclude 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Hide from Search 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
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