Show Content Only
by Zack Katz · Uncategorized
Also makes 23 other plugins · 12.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display only the post or page content, without a theme, sidebars, scripts or stylesheets.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
+23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “content”, “formatting” and “strip content” 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.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,754 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 11K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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.
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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4428 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4428 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| formatting your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| strip content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| strip formatting your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| text your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 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
- “content”, “formatting” and “strip content” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 88 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
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
12.1y ago
latest release · v1.3.1 · 17 Sep 2014
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and the previous band took 23 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 2 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Hartmut10.2y ago
Very usefull if you have to put the postdata into a modal. I used it when i print the links in the Datatable. To run that job i used Show Content Only plugin together with plugin JsDataTable and plugin Easy Fancybox.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aaaahosting10.5y ago
I sometimes use pop-up forms that don’t require anything but the form code. They load much quicker (much – much quicker) with eveything else stripped but the form. Thank you so much for this handy time saver !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Toni12.7y ago
Does what it claims without complexity, setup or configuring. Excellent and unique plugin. You will be hard pressed to find any other. I think there is nothing like it. I use it to add my other WordPress blogs as pages in my site. Iframes were hideous, unstable and awkward looking. Plus I can add navigation in the content page to better incorporate the pages into my sites. Very pleased! Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Neoras13.9y ago
Does exactly what it is supposed to do – strip any css or js code 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.
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display only the post or page content, without a theme, sidebars, scripts or stylesheets."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 811 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("formatting", "strip content", "strip formatting" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 200+ → 100+ down after 679 days in tier
- 2024-10-21 300+ → 200+ down after 623 days in tier
- 2023-02-06 400+ → 300+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2023-01-29 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-28 400+ → 300+ down after 174 days in tier
- 2022-08-07 500+ → 400+ down after 527 days in tier
- 2021-02-26 700+ → 500+ down after 523 days in tier
- 2019-09-22 1K+ → 700+ down after 942 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).
- A Advanced Excerpt 80K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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Special Text Boxes 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B - W WP Typograph Lite 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Preserve Code Formatting 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Content text slider on post 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Copyrighted Post 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C
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