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Remove links from comments

by Fivera · Uncategorized

This simple Plugin removes the website field in your comments and also hides all the hyperlinks from comment author user names.

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

45 health vs 63 average across 4,544 Uncategorized plugins

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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.0, 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 8/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3505 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-52% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

59

now · peak 169

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 links from co · #12090 Hide Comment Author · #6984 Permalink Manager fo · #2409 Disable Media Permal · #7240

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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈290

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations

Details

Version
0.1
Last updated
9.6y ago
Added
2013-09-04 · 12 yrs on WP
Requires WP
2.0.2
Tested up to
4.7.0
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-08-21 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
  2. 2025-08-19 200+ → 300+ up after 5 days in band
  3. 2025-08-14 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
  4. 2025-08-12 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2025-08-11 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in band
  6. 2025-08-06 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
  7. 2025-08-04 300+ → 200+ down after 481 days in band
  8. 2024-04-10 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band

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Remove links from comments: 200+ active installs, 4.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/remove-links-from-comments