ShieldClimb – Remove Hentry and Hatom
by ShieldClimb · SEO
Also makes 6 other plugins · 290+ installs across the portfolio →
Remove hentry and hatom microformats in WordPress to fix SEO issues, improve search rankings, and enhance your site's overall performance.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈61 estimated
Momentum
+27%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “google search console”, “schema” and “seo” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
85 health vs 66 average across 2,241 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.5%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 1.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,198 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 75 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
30%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| remove hentry your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| hatom | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| microformats | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| google search console your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| schema your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “google search console”, “schema” and “seo” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
- Already on top for “hatom” and “microformats”. #1 and #3 without listing them. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 26 Apr 2025 · 556 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 155 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 20 Aug 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% 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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 60.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 80 days.
Install history since 26 Apr 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Rory5mo ago
Well done and thanks to the team for making this useful plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ luckydeano5mo ago
Not been updated to latest wordpress for 4 months, but works like a charm! Cheers 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dr. Melvin Temo9mo ago
Needed to remove the hentry microdata on Blocksy theme and this worked. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Remove hentry and hatom microformats in WordPress to fix SEO issues, improve search rankings, and enhance y..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 366 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("google search console", "schema", "wordpress seo" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 50+ → 60+ up after 65 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 40+ → 50+ up after 163 days in tier
- 2026-02-25 30+ → 40+ up after 72 days in tier
- 2025-12-15 20+ → 30+ up after 79 days in tier
- 2025-09-27 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
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Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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