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Plugin Disabler

by Christian Bautista · Performance

Plugin Disabler is a plugin that will help to optimize the website by removing unused plugins on selected pages

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

45 health vs 76 average across 286 Performance plugins

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-41% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

86

now · peak 192

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

Plugin Disabler · #10222 AMP · #144 Performance Lab · #291 Optimization Detecti · #651

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “300+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈350

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

At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 130 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
6.7y ago
Added
2019-11-15 · 6 yrs on WP
Requires WP
5.2.4
Tested up to
5.2.24
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-30 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
  2. 2026-05-29 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
  3. 2026-05-28 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
  4. 2026-05-27 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2026-05-26 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in band
  6. 2026-05-23 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in band
  7. 2026-05-19 200+ → 300+ up after 156 days in band
  8. 2025-12-14 300+ → 200+ down after 187 days in band

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Plugin Disabler: 300+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/plugin-disabler