The Hack Repair Guy's Plugin Archiver

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 71% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Dustin Tantum

   5.1y ago

   This plug-in does one very important thing very well… it allows you to “Archive” plug-ins that you infrequently use and you don’t want clogging up your plug-ins list. Kudos to the developer for this simple but useful tool!

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2. ★★★★★ Anticosti

   7.2y ago

   Working with 5.2.2 Great Job Mister Jim Walker !!! Will support you once launched.

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3. ★★★★★ markonsitewp

   9.7y ago

   I use the Archiver for easily tracing down plugin conflicts. This is not the only purpose but one of the most useful. I wish it would get an update, but it works flawlessly anyway.

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4. ★★★★★ idaryl

   10.6y ago

   Just installed in the latest version of WP – works as advertised – so glad I found this

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5. ★★★★★ Mike V. Gorbunov

   10.6y ago

   That plugin must be a part of wordpress engine. The default WP plugin manager is a piece of crap without these features.

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6. ★★★★★ FxMan

   10.7y ago

   This plugin works exactly as advertised. I use for trying out plugins but I’m not sure if I will keep one.

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7. ★★★★★ Matt Shaw

   11.0y ago

   Found this plugin by chance and have since found it handy when testing/developing multiple versions of a plugin. Thanks!

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8. ★★★★★ agkozak

   11.0y ago

   This plugin fills a real need. I normally deactivate things like administrative and debugging tools and move them out of the plugins directory when they’re not needed. The Hack Repair Guy’s Plugin Archiver turns this process into a one-click affair. I was particularly impressed by how quickly the developer resolved the two problems I ran into with the initial release; within days they were fixed, and now I’m using the Plugin Archiver on every site. Great work!

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.4 The Hack Repair Guy's Plugin Archiver <= 2.0.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Directory Deletion in /wp-content ↗
   2025-09-16 CVE-2025-10188 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.0.4 Patched in 3.1.1
2. High · 7.2 The Hack Repair Guy's Plugin Archiver <= 2.0.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion ↗
   2025-09-12 CVE-2025-10176 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 2.0.4 Patched in 3.1.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-20 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-06-19 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in tier
3. 2026-06-14 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-06-13 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2026-06-10 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2026-06-08 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-06-07 400+ → 300+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 2026-06-03 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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• Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• InfiniteWP Client 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A

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The Hack Repair Guy's Plugin Archiver: 300+ active installs, 5.0★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-30. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hackrepair-plugin-archiver