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Hide This

by Andrés Villarreal · Login & Users

Also makes 3 other plugins · 2.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin provides a shortcode that lets you hide some parts of the content from your posts and pages.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
52 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 96/100
Support 70/100

52 health vs 59 average across 1,442 Login & Users plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, 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.

47 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 91/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3120 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+83% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

179

now · peak 310

17530d downloads · Aug 26

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

Hide This · #4286 you Controlled Admin Acc · #1766 Access Areas for Wor · #9943 Custom Role Creator · #13552

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.

88per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

8.5y ago

latest release · v1.1.3

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.3 · 8.5y ago1.1.2 · 11.7y ago1.1.1 · 12.3y ago1.1 · 12.6y ago1.0 · 12.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
2K–3K ≈2.4K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-09-19 · 1,440 observations

2KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.1.3
Last updated
8.5y ago
Added
2013-10-13 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. daron4ever
    5.8y ago

    MUST HAVE THIS plugin!

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  2. Jose
    6.6y ago

    Sencillo y funcional, estupendo

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  3. BroadRippleInc
    6.9y ago

    Please save this plugin or integrate it into WordPress.

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  4. reraymond
    7.1y ago

    I’ve been using this for a couple of years, now on a number of sites. And, it works fine in WordPress 5. In fact, I’m currently using it on a site I’m developing in WordPress 5.2.2 using the OceanWP template and Elementor page builder. At first, I used Hide This, but then switched to another solution because I thought HT to be a bit limited for certain options. One specific problem I was having with HT was trying to get the ! (not) operator to function as expected. I later came back to HT because I considered it to be “less bad” than the other soution I had begun using. However, once I really got into HT (again) I discovered the “for all” (with exceptions) option. Now, I use the following syntax for everything: [hide for=”all” exclude=(my list of exceptions, that is, the list of roles I WANT to be able to view the content)]. Now, THAT is powerful yet extremely flexible. This thing meets ALL my needs. Don’t be afraid to give it a try…I think you’ll be glad you did.

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  5. jcardona1331
    7.2y ago

    Thank you! Such a simple and easy to use plugin. Works perfectly.

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  6. fuchsr
    7.4y ago

    Straightforward. If you ever need to hide some page contents, this is for you. I use it often when I play with different ways of displaying information. No need to delete the original version, just hide it while working on new approaches.

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  7. gazza777
    7.6y ago

    I seldom write reviews but this plugin is absolutely brilliant. It does exactly what it says it does with very little fuss. Kudos to the developer!

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  8. userZ
    7.9y ago

    This is amazing, many solutions for the content. Thanks!!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-29 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-28 2K+ → 3K+ up after 5 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-23 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-22 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-20 3K+ → 2K+ down after 593 days in tier
  6. 2024-11-04 4K+ → 3K+ down after 407 days in tier
  7. 2023-09-24 5K+ → 4K+ down after 344 days in tier
  8. 2022-10-15 6K+ → 5K+ down

Competes with

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