Hide Unwanted Shortcodes
by Denzel Chia · Uncategorized
A plugin to prevent unwanted shortcodes from showing on blog.
46 health vs 56 average across 12,636 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3516 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
27
now · peak 77
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 “60+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-31 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-26 70+ → 60+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-01-20 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-17 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-08 70+ → 60+ down after 158 days in tier
- 2025-08-03 80+ → 70+ down after 145 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Column Shortcodes 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Meks Flexible Shortcodes 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - C Contact Form 7 Shortcode Enabler 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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WP Date and Time Shortcode 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Shortcode by MyThemeShop 10K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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