Remove WordPress Overhead
by omnisite · Uncategorized
Remove overhead from the HTML, speed up your website and disable widgets you don't use
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Health
D 54/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+31%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “clean” and “disable widgets” for “emoticons” and “emoticon”. “clean” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “emoticons” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “disable widgets” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “emoticon” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
54 health vs 58 average across 25,739 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.3%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 30.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 819 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 819 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
52
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
50%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| emoticons | #13 | #18 | up 2 |
| emoticon | #15 | #17 | up 2 |
| remove jquery migrate | #19 | #22 | down 2 |
| clean your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| disable widgets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| header your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| remove your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| remove widgets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “clean” and “disable widgets” for “emoticons” and “emoticon”. “clean” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “emoticons” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “disable widgets” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “emoticon” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.2K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.2y ago
latest release · v1.6.0 · 4 Aug 2024
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 68% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 28 Mar 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ pagrob2.8y ago
great job work properly
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ televizor6.2y ago
Cool stuff!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bhosting9.8y ago
I’m shocked this plugin doesn’t have more downloads and positive reviews. I have been searching a while for a plugin to remove header output from my site. There are many plugins that will do one or two but no free ones that offer all of them. I also am hesitant with altering my functions.php file or creating a child theme to do so. Using this plugin bypasses losing the settings upon theme update and the management overhead of child themes. For me this plugin is most useful to remove the extraneous header information that is not necessary for my websites such as… rss+xml, Comments Feed, wp-json, rsd+xml, wlwmanifest+xml, json+oembed, xml+oembed. I just use this plugin to disable header information but love the other capabilities. If you don’t have the technical knowledge to understand what you are disabling… then research it or don’t disable. You have the option of enabling/disabling at a granular level just as the one user proved with his 2 star rating. Some of the URL options can alter the pages people are used to accessing on your site. The 2 star rating proved they were not qualified to make the changes they did. Don’t blame the plugin, blame yourself!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aeliane10.1y ago
Works even on my very old WP installation. Does exactly what is states.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ omnisite10.1y ago
Made by me, because I was always pasting in the same code in my theme functions file. So I made a plugin for it 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Remove overhead from the HTML, speed up your website and disable widgets you don't use"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Gutenberg.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,045 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "clean", "Remove Widgets" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-22 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 1K+ → 2K+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-13 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-09 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-08 2K+ → 1K+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Unbloater 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - W wp_head() cleaner 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
- C Clean WP Dashboard 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
- S Space Remover 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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WPtimize 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Head Trimmer 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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