Mass Delete Taxonomies
by ramon fincken · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 17 other plugins · 4.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Deletes all tags (or other taxonomies), handy tool if you want to start over with a quick clean blog.
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
C 56/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈57 estimated
Momentum
-23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “clean” and “delete” 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.
56 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 18.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1326 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1326 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| clean your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| delete your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mass your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tags your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “clean” and “delete” 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 296 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
3.6y ago
latest release · v4.1.0 · 16 Mar 2023
6
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ hereandnow5.5y ago
It just works, thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mazza6.6y ago
It’s Perfect! It removes tags but not post. I love it
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mukesh jatt6.7y ago
great plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bluecity6.8y ago
Perfect Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ghafoori7.1y ago
You guys saved me a lot of time. Awesome plugin. Keep up the good work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kimweb10.7y ago
Had to delete all tags since it was flagged as duplicate content. Good thing this plugin saved me from hours of work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ abda5310.9y ago
5 stars: Plugin works great and fast -1 star: There is no confirmation screen or about screen. No options to select which tags taxonomies you want to delete. The menu is just there and once you click on it.. poof. all tags are gone. While in theory this is great, it would be nice to have some kind of confirmation to let you know that it will in fact be deleting everything.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Matteo Contrini12.3y ago
Great! The code can be modified easily to increase the amount of tags to delete each time the page loads.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (4.1.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 5.4 Mass Delete Taxonomies <= 3.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via mp_plugin_mass_delete_tags_init ↗2023-03-10 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 3.0.0 Patched in 4.0.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 147 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "admin", "mass" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 50+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 70+ → 60+ down after 82 days in tier
- 2026-04-07 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 70+ → 60+ down after 66 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-27 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-26 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-25 70+ → 80+ up after 8 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).
- M Mass Delete Unused Tags 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 5 shared tags C
- A Auto Prune Posts 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
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Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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