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Just the Page

by Ben Balter · Uncategorized

Also makes 5 other plugins · 2.6K+ installs across the portfolio →

Displays page content with no additional formatting (e.g., no header, footer, etc.). Useful for publishing stand-alone HTML (such as invitations) with …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 56/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5281 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+0% vs prior 30d
8Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

218

now · peak 269

21830d downloads · Sep 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

Just the Page · #13422 you Header Footer Code M · #102 Insert Headers And F · #204 Head, Footer and Pos · #208

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.

2.2Kper 1k installs · Sep 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

14.5y ago

latest release · vreadme.txt

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

readme.txt · 14.5y agotemplate.php · 14.5y agojust-the-page.php · 14.5y 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈160

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

Install history · since 2017-05-10 · 1,388 observations

100Installs · Sep 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
1.0
Last updated
14.5y ago
Added
2012-03-17 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
3.2
Tested up to
3.4.2
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. paranoidandroid88
    9.3y ago

    well, i can’t be surprised. He isnt’ supported this plugin for last 5 years! so as expected for 4.7.4 it does NOT wort. Only strips off ALL css. try https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-content-only/ “show content only” plugin. It has a base css parameter that shows some css vs. text only. however it isnt grabbing my bootstrap css. it’s probably an easy fix, if some one were to just go into the plugin php file and update the css to css of your choice. This topic was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by paranoidandroid88.

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  2. Sean
    12.3y ago

    No issues, does what it says.

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  3. MarciKobayashi
    13.2y ago

    I’m a newbie. The site I’m reconstructing in WordPress has 50+ buttons viewers click on to get more information in a pop-up window. I only need a simple blank page for one paragraph or so and the header, sidebar, etc. was in the way. I got the desired effect within 5 minutes of discovering this plugin. Thank you!

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  4. jonnieoah
    13.5y ago

    Will greatly reduce forum searches on: hiding a header hiding header navbar/menu hiding a page title of one page removing large white space above body No sidebars Static page with no header/footer/sidebars (seems so) Starting quick without all the pre-coding for: Splash Pages Landing Pages Squeeze Pages An Image Gallery (possibly) Awesome !!!! Works with TwentyTwelve Theme Footer Gone from One Page Only or each page as needed “Proudly powered by WordPress” – GONE !! 5 Stars – Fugetaboutiit !!! 10 Stars !!!!

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  5. Anonymous
    13.7y ago

    By allowing only the body of the page to be returned to the browser, just the page offers an amazing degree of flexibility that is otherwise beyond the reach of wordpress.

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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. 2026-01-12 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-10 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-01-08 200+ → 100+ down after 670 days in tier
  4. 2024-03-09 300+ → 200+ down after 284 days in tier
  5. 2023-05-30 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2023-05-29 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
  7. 2023-05-26 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2023-05-25 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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