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I don't endorse Google

by Andrea Pernici · Uncategorized

Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Add rel="nofollow" to all links going to .Google..

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 80/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

10+

Active installs

≈16 estimated

1.8K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.17★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 4 reviews

+5%

21

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.19.

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.

39 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 2/100
WP compatibility 25/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2106 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+5% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

21

now · peak 50

2130d 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

I don't endorse Goog · #36455 you Site Kit by Google · #7 Widgets for Google R · #68 Google for WooCommer · #74

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.

2.1Kper 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

5.8y ago

latest release · v1.0.3

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.3 · 5.8y ago1.0.2 · 10.3y ago1.0.1 · 12.8y ago1.0.0 · 12.8y 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
10–20 ≈16

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,370 observations

10Installs · 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.

Ratings · 4 reviews

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5★
4 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.3
Last updated
5.8y ago
Added
2013-10-30 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
2.6
Tested up to
5.6.19
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ ldylarke
    12.4y ago

    I’m with Luana. About time Google got some of it’s own medicine. Payback is a B*TCH yeah?

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  2. ★★★★★ David Iwanow
    12.8y ago

    Certainly you don’t want to manipulate Google properties to show even higher in Google so this plugin both proves a point but also brings home the point on how dumb the whole idea is around NoFollow of every link. The only concern now might be that you might get a PR toolbar penalty but no-one really checks that anymore do they?

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  3. ★★★★★ Andrea Pernici
    12.8y ago

    So stupid so powerful.

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  4. ★★★★★ Luana Spinetti
    12.8y ago

    Simple but effective plugin to help your battle against Google’s monopoly of the Web! Get this, Google, and enjoy seeing your OWN PageRank bar go down! Who cares? You’re just yet another website in the big pool of the Web. *grins*

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5.3

✓ 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

No tier crossings observed yet.

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