Hidden Tags
by michaeltyson · Uncategorized
Hide certain tags/categories from the public
45 health vs 57 average across 9,071 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 6019 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
26
now · peak 68
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
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-15 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-14 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-13 100+ → 90+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-06-03 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-02 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-30 90+ → 100+ up after 14 days in band
- 2026-05-16 100+ → 90+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-10 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- O Oomph Hidden Tags 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
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Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hide Admin Bar 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B - P Post Tags and Categories for Pages 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
- V Visual Term Description Editor 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/hidden-tags" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Hidden Tags — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Hidden Tags: 90+ active installs, 4.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hidden-tags