Far Future Expiry Header

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

23 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.

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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 52 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 7K.

1. ★★★★★ karalambos

   1.4y ago

   i dont see any improvement on speed

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2. ★★★★★ Waspy

   2.5y ago

   Plugin causes an Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator at to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Waspy.

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3. ★★★★★ dspplug

   5.4y ago

   I combined speed of light, far future, ssl insecure content fixer, strano ajax login, gtranslate, sonaar mp3 music player pro, telemetry disable, easy digital downloads, Disable XML-RPC-API, kama click counter, url shortener by mythemeshop, and even though I put My products on the front page – I lost about 1.5 seconds off My score by using this in tandem with speed of light. This topic was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by dspplug.

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4. ★★★★★ msephton

   7.2y ago

   expiry was still a problem after successful activation of plugin This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by msephton.

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5. ★★★★★ Alex Plot

   7.2y ago

   I don’t recommend this plugin

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6. ★★★★★ wenrave

   7.3y ago

   after installed Internal Server Error. Breaking my WP dont install

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7. ★★★★★ makumba88

   7.5y ago

   I was really looking forward to installing it. I have two other sites and the plugin works great. Then today I tried to install it and the moment I click to activate it, the main page goes blank (white page). I deactivate and everything comes back. Then I activate again and I get the blank page. Really weird. The only difference with this site is that I am using Slider Revolution, but not sure that has anything to do. Got a ton of other plugins installed but on the other servers also. Scratching my head a little. If anyone has an idea I am all ears :-)…..

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8. ★★★★★ solgaz

   7.5y ago

   Many thanks to the developer for the work!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.6 PHP 8.2 compatibility related update. 1.6
2. — Version 1.5 Added nonce to the settings menu. 1.5
3. — Version 1.4 The far future expiry is written using days instead of hours so GT metrix can read it better. 1.4
4. — Version 1.3 Added a new feature to enable gzip compression on the site 1.3
5. — Version 1.2 Fixed a minor bug with the htacess rules. 1.2
6. — Version 1.1 First commit to wp repo 1.1

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.6). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.3 Far Future Expiry Header <= 1.4 - Plugin's Settings Update via Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2021-10-04 CVE-2021-24799 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.4 Patched in 1.5

Translated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-09-11 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-09-09 6K+ → 7K+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2026-09-06 7K+ → 6K+ down after 220 days in tier
4. 2026-01-29 8K+ → 7K+ down after 213 days in tier
5. 2025-06-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 178 days in tier
6. 2025-01-03 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1071 days in tier
7. 2022-01-28 20K+ → 10K+ down after 542 days in tier
8. 2020-08-04 30K+ → 20K+ down after 263 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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Far Future Expiry Header: 6K+ active installs, 3.2★ (31 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/far-future-expiry-header