Remove Amazon Links from RSS Feed
by Phil McDonnell · Content & Feeds
Removes all links to Amazon.com/Amzn.to in the RSS feed.
45 health vs 59 average across 594 Content & Feeds plugins
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3285 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
30
now · peak 89
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
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-23 200+ → 100+ down after 685 days in tier
- 2023-01-08 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2023-01-03 200+ → 300+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy Affiliate Links 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Associate Post R2 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Auto Affiliate Links 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Shop Page WP 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Amazon Link Engine 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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