Remove jQuery from Theme
by Marc Tönsing · Uncategorized
Removes jQuery from your frontend theme if no administrator is logged-in. jQuery will still be loaded and continue to work in you backend and when the …
45 health vs 61 average across 5,574 Uncategorized plugins
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 5.6.17.
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 1956 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 96
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 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-02 200+ → 100+ down after 705 days in band
- 2024-04-27 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-04-24 200+ → 300+ up after 30 days in band
- 2024-03-25 300+ → 200+ down after 363 days in band
- 2023-03-28 400+ → 300+ down after 27 days in band
- 2023-03-01 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-02-26 400+ → 300+ down after 24 days in band
- 2023-02-02 300+ → 400+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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- U Use Google Libraries 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
- S Scroll Back To Top 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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jQuery Manager for WordPress 7K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
Version Control for jQuery 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
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