Remove Links in Comments
by Stefan Nilsson · Uncategorized
A very simple plugin that prevents Wordpress from automatically creating hyperlinks in the comments section.
41 health vs 56 average across 11,756 Uncategorized 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5247 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
26
now · peak 58
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-15 30+ → 20+ down after 55 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 20+ → 30+ up after 67 days in tier
- 2026-02-13 30+ → 20+ down after 54 days in tier
- 2025-12-21 20+ → 30+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2025-12-02 30+ → 20+ down after 112 days in tier
- 2025-08-12 20+ → 30+ up after 103 days in tier
- 2025-05-01 30+ → 20+ down after 382 days in tier
- 2024-04-14 40+ → 30+ down after 24 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor) 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - A Autologin Links 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Hyperlink Group Block 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
AnyComment 5K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
No External Links 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bulk Delete Comments 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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