Skip RSS
by parasmani · Content & Feeds
Skip post from appearing in RSS feed.
45 health vs 65 average across 312 Content & Feeds 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5204 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
56
now · peak 146
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-05 50+ → 40+ down after 44 days in band
- 2025-11-22 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-11-17 50+ → 40+ down after 158 days in band
- 2025-06-12 60+ → 50+ down after 153 days in band
- 2025-01-10 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-09 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-01-05 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-04 60+ → 70+ up after 33 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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RSS Feed Widget 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Custom Simple Rss 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
RSS Importer 30K+ installs · 3.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
RSS for Yandex Turbo 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B - D Disable Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
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