Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager
by Rachel Cherry · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 410+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows you to lock your plugins and themes from being updated and keep notes on why the plugin or theme is locked.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
-10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “lock”, “theme” and “unlock” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
50 health vs 58 average across 25,752 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.2%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 7.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4242 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4242 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| lock your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| theme your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| unlock your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| update your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| updates your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “lock”, “theme” and “unlock” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 109 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
11.6y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 22 Mar 2015
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ VolhaBY11.5y ago
Easy to understand! Works correctly
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DFranzwa11.6y ago
Thanks Rachel! I’m currently running 4.1.1 but have a few sites with plugins/themes that get a little temperamental when it comes to updates. A control freak by nature, I always got ticked off receiving those dreaded “wordpress core has been updated to..” emails. Now I don’t have to hold my breath when logging in to those sites to perform maintenance. Beautiful job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mad Max11.6y ago
Finally I’ve find this lovely piece of code! Perfect for every project cause I often try to get in touch with respective developers when I fix something or modify a plugin, but sometime it’s simply not possible. Now I can easily lock plugins that has not to be updated and write down a note about it so I don’t have to remember what and why. I love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ darryltlotto12.0y ago
This is one of those plugins that should be a standard feature in WP. If there are any improvements to be made, they’re beyond me. Cheers!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ joshuairl12.3y ago
I’m always afraid one of the admins is going to update plugins I’ve been forced to alter to get the desired functionality in a pinch. This is exactly what I needed to prevent it from happening.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.1). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- 2025-04-09 CVE-2025-32537 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows you to lock your plugins and themes from being updated and keep notes on why the plugin or theme is..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,336 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-19 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-04-17 300+ → 400+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2025-04-02 400+ → 300+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-03-29 300+ → 400+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2025-03-22 400+ → 300+ down after 461 days in tier
- 2023-12-17 500+ → 400+ down after 129 days in tier
- 2023-08-10 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-08-09 500+ → 600+ 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).
- E Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Disable All WordPress Updates 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hide Updates 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Force Reinstall 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Auto Updates 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D - W Windows Compatibility Fix 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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