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Remove "Powered by WordPress"

by Oliver Campion · Uncategorized

Removes the WordPress credit on all default WordPress themes and replaces with a widget sidebar for those wanting to customise the theme.

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86 Health · A
Maintenance 100
Rating quality 81
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-85%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

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 “20K+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
20K–30K ≈24K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1378 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.6.3
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2017-04-14
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
5.6

Growth timeline

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

No band crossings observed yet.

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Remove "Powered by WordPress": 20K+ active installs, 4.4★ (21 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/remove-powered-by-wp