Manage/Remove version number from CSS & JS
by Chetan Vaghela · Uncategorized
Also makes 11 other plugins · 550+ installs across the portfolio →
Manage, remove, or replace CSS and JavaScript version numbers with file modified timestamps for better cache management.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “replace css”, “number” and “js” to your wp.org tags. You rank #17, #20 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
82 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.0%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 3.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 118 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
21%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| version number | #2 | #18 | 0 |
| remove version | #7 | #22 | 0 |
| js version | #4 | #22 | down 1 |
| version your tag | #15 | #23 | down 2 |
| replace css | #17 | #24 | 0 |
| remove wordpress version number | #7 | #23 | — |
| number | #20 | #24 | up 2 |
| css version | #10 | #23 | 0 |
| last modified | #20 | #23 | 0 |
| wordpress version number | #18 | #24 | down 1 |
| version remove | #22 | #24 | up 1 |
| js/css your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| manage your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| remove your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
24 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “replace css”, “number” and “js” to your wp.org tags. You rank #17, #20 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “version”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 15 Nov 2022 · 1,447 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 211 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 21 Oct 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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 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 14 Nov 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tactics2.3y ago
I had been uploading custom JS files to my WordPress site and couldn’t figure out why they wouldn’t load. This solved my problem quickly and easily without any modifications to my theme. Thank you for this! This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by tactics.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.2
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
6 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 "Manage, remove, or replace CSS and JavaScript version numbers with file modified timestamps for better cach..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use cases"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,238 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "JS/CSS" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-15 200+ → 100+ down after 183 days in tier
- 2025-02-13 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-12 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-11 100+ → 200+ up after 73 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 200+ → 100+ down after 134 days in tier
- 2024-07-19 100+ → 200+ up after 189 days in tier
- 2024-01-12 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-01-10 100+ → 90+ down after 1 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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- H Hide Generator Version 90+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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TechEnabler Header Links Removal 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
PHP Compatibility Checker 200K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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