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Remove IP

by guido · Uncategorized

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A simple plugin to not log IPs from comments.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

4K+

Active installs

≈4.4K estimated

23.4K

Total downloads

since 2009

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+60%

255

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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.

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.

29 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 5/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 68/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3902 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+60% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

255

now · peak 346

25630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Remove IP · #3341 you Akismet Anti-spam: S · #8 Antispam Bee · #84 Gravatar Enhanced · #315

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.

64per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v0.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.4K

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

Install history · since 2015-05-08 · 1,425 observations

4KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
0.1
Last updated
10.7y ago
Added
2009-11-14 · 16 yrs old
Requires WP
2.8
Tested up to
4.4.34
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ ott
    8.0y ago

    The plugin does exactly what its name suggests: it removes the IP address from new comments on your blog – not more and not less.

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  2. ★★★★★ websupporter
    12.5y ago

    Thanks a lot Guido! I was just digging into WordPress to understand the Comments-Machine, when I saw this IP-Saving and was wondering about it. I was wondering, if I should write exactly the Plugin you did already. Now, I know, no need to. Thanks a lot. [ link redacted, please do not post links in reviews ]

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Latest updates

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 0.1 First version. 0.1

Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-21 5K+ → 4K+ down after 436 days in tier
  2. 2025-05-11 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-05-10 5K+ → 6K+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2025-05-08 6K+ → 5K+ down after 416 days in tier
  5. 2024-03-18 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-03-17 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-03-16 7K+ → 6K+ down after 5 days in tier
  8. 2024-03-11 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier

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