Remove Wpautop
by Rahul Kumar Singh · Search
This plugin remove extra p and br tags from the_content and the_excerpt.
45 health vs 67 average across 213 Search 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2341 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
58
now · peak 158
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 300+ → 200+ down after 325 days in band
- 2025-08-06 200+ → 300+ up after 488 days in band
- 2024-04-05 300+ → 200+ down after 271 days in band
- 2023-07-09 200+ → 300+ up after 31 days in band
- 2023-06-08 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2023-06-05 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-06-04 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-06-03 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
-
Empty P Tag 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 5 shared tags C -
Toggle wpautop 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags D -
Remove Blank P Tag 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags C -
Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B - A Advanced Excerpt 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Advanced Image Styles 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Remove Wpautop into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/remove-wpautop" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Remove Wpautop — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Remove Wpautop: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/remove-wpautop