Remove Version Number
by David Green · Content & Feeds
A simple plugin that will remove the WordPress version number from all areas of your website.
41 health vs 71 average across 220 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, 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 2702 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
54
now · peak 135
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-10 20+ → 10+ down after 321 days in band
- 2025-03-26 30+ → 20+ down after 42 days in band
- 2025-02-12 20+ → 30+ up after 12 days in band
- 2025-01-31 30+ → 20+ down after 490 days in band
- 2023-09-29 40+ → 30+ down after 44 days in band
- 2023-08-16 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-08-15 40+ → 30+ down after 55 days in band
- 2023-06-21 30+ → 40+ up after 21 days in band
Competes with
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RSS for Yandex Turbo 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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