Force Delete Posts
by Liam Stewart · Uncategorized
Deleting Posts has never been so fast! This lightweight plugin adds the ability for administrators to instantly delete posts by adding a Force Delete …
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “post” for “delete posts”. “post” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “delete posts” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 9.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,769 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 40 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| delete posts | #6 | #19 | 0 |
| delete post | #11 | #19 | down 1 |
| delete your tag | #20 | #21 | down 1 |
| force your tag | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| post delete | #21 | #23 | down 3 |
| post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| trash your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “post” for “delete posts”. “post” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “delete posts” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 163 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
4.5y ago
latest release · v2.1.1 · 9 May 2022
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 17 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Chinmay Rajyaguru5.4y ago
It’s awesome. I’ve the couple of posts to delete, but I was getting error. This plugin removed in a sec. Thanks a lot!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Allyson5.5y ago
I was with a bug, with posts being created with subscriber as authors, breaking the WordPress default delete. This plugin was able to delete those posts.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous6.3y ago
Handle little plugin that allows you to quickly permanently delete a post.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mindfrakker6.5y ago
And it works with the latest version
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ M.cartoon6.6y ago
I had a prublem that I could not delete posts and pages. This plugin did the work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ThermalStudios7.3y ago
Fails to install with zip upload. Not recognized by admin UI (plugin search).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RobIrizarry7.6y ago
Not much to say other than it works as advertised and addresses a problem I’ve had for quite some time with posts not wanting to go away. This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by RobIrizarry.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →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.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Deleting Posts has never been so fast! This lightweight plugin adds the ability for administrators to insta..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 465 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-30 300+ → 200+ down after 281 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 400+ → 300+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-11-16 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-14 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-13 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-12 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-10 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 400+ → 300+ down after 30 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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- P Public Post Preview Configurator 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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SEO Auto Linker 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C - H HiFi (Head Injection, Foot Injection) 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP Image Borders 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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