Remove Archive Label
by oguido · Uncategorized
Removes the “Category:”, “Tag:”, “Author:”, “Archives:” and “Taxonomy:” in the archive title.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈400 estimated
Momentum
-18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “archive”, “category” and “label” 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.
46 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.2%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 5.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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.
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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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 2034 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2034 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| archive your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| label your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tag your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| title 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
- “archive”, “category” and “label” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 167 · 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 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and the previous band took 23 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 400.
Install history since 14 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kedane864.4y ago
I was looking for the solution for more than a week. And now I found this and solved my problem in a moment. The best! Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webbuilderguy6.6y ago
I just wanted ‘Archives:’ to go away from some of my pages that had it. Likely because they were custom post types generated by another plugin I was using – anyways, I wanted the page title to just be the title without the ‘Archives:’ bit at the front of it. Find it in your Add Plugins area. Search for it by name. Install and Activate. You’re done. No fussing with theme files or digging into code. Apparently this will remove ‘Category:’, ‘Tags:’ etc. as well. Not sure why those are there by default but it’s nice to know there is an easy way to get rid of them.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ltkhlabor8.2y ago
Thank you, solved my problem immediately!! So thankful!
Read on wp.org ↗
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Removes the “Category:”, “Tag:”, “Author:”, “Archives:” and “Taxonomy:” in the archive title."
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 157 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "label" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 400+ → 300+ down after 682 days in tier
- 2024-11-29 500+ → 400+ down after 204 days in tier
- 2024-05-09 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-08 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-05-05 600+ → 500+ down after 224 days in tier
- 2023-09-24 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-23 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-09-21 700+ → 600+ 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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Custom Archive Titles 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
Archive Title 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Rename Taxonomies by WebMan 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
Pages with category and tag 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search & Filter 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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