Remove Admin Notices
by Garth Mortensen · SEO
I got tired of notices that are added by Joost's plugin, so I made a thing to get rid of them. Then I noticed other things I didn't like.
45 health vs 68 average across 351 SEO 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3644 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
15
now · peak 82
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 · 1,363 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-24 30+ → 20+ down after 624 days in band
- 2024-08-08 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-08-06 30+ → 40+ up after 12 days in band
- 2024-07-25 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-07-24 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-07-20 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-07-17 30+ → 40+ up after 11 days in band
- 2024-07-06 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Remove Yoast SEO Comments 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D - T Turn Yoast SEO FAQ Block to Accordion 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
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