Remove Feed Links
by Miina Sikk · Content & Feeds
Also makes 9 other plugins · 7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Remove Feed Links is a simple plugin for removing feed links from the head of your web site.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈55 estimated
Momentum
-28%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “comments feed”, “feed” and “feed links” 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.
43 health vs 64 average across 1,195 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 3.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 864 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 6.8.
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 3922 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3922 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| comments feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| feed links your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts feed 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
- “comments feed”, “feed” and “feed links” 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 155 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,300, 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 1 Nov 2026.
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.
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 11 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 22 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jrp18.6y ago
Didn’t remove the feed. Bummer.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ matthias.s10.8y ago
This is one of my new WP-Must-Have-Plugins. Works so simple, easy and fast. Thanks for that… https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-feed-links/
Read on wp.org ↗
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
4 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 "Remove Feed Links is a simple plugin for removing feed links from the head of your web site."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); 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 1,180 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("comments feed", "meta", "posts feed" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-02 60+ → 50+ down after 158 days in tier
- 2025-06-27 70+ → 60+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2025-06-11 60+ → 70+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-06-06 70+ → 60+ down after 282 days in tier
- 2024-08-28 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-27 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-26 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-08-24 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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