Remove Links and Scripts
by Sami Ahmed Siddiqui · Content & Feeds
Remove unwanted links and scripts from wordpress header.
41 health vs 64 average across 334 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 4.9.29, 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 3094 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
25
now · peak 92
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 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-19 200+ → 100+ down after 552 days in band
- 2023-09-14 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-09-12 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-09-10 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-09-09 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-09-07 300+ → 200+ down after 187 days in band
- 2023-03-04 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Easy Affiliate Links 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Bitly's WordPress Plugin 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D - H Hum 600+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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YOURLS Link Creator 500+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D -
short.io 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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