Smart Archive Page Remove
by WP User Manager · Uncategorized
Also makes 6 other plugins · 19.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Completely remove unwanted Archive Pages from your Blog
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Health
A 90/100
no flags
Active installs
6K+
≈6.7K estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 91/100. Lift the average: resolve the issues driving the low reviews.
90 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.0%
of downloads still active
At least 6K of 100K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release 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
Well tuned across the board
Updated 8 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 59 reviews, smoothed to 4.53★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
29%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| date archive your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| archive | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| category archive your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| remove archive your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| archive page your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| archive pages | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| remove archive pages | #1 | #1 | — |
| page archive | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| author archive your tag | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| remove | #4 | #4 | up 5 |
| remove blog | #2 | #2 | — |
| remove date | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| remove version | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| remove category | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| unwanted | #7 | #7 | down 3 |
| remove page | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| page not found | #6 | #5 | 0 |
| completely | #9 | #11 | up 1 |
| smart | #11 | #12 | 0 |
| remove author url | #4 | #3 | up 1 |
70 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 34 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “page not found”, “unwanted” and “yearly” (#6, #7 and #7 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 7.4K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
8d ago
latest release · v5.1.4 · 23 Oct 2026
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 90% 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 “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 73% of the way through.
Install history since 3 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ colfer3.3y ago
Do what I need very well.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ smellpress4.0y ago
As far as removing archive pages, it does exactly as described on the tin. Author, category, tag, daily, monthly and yearly archive pages can all be disabled independently of each other. You’ll have to make the appropriate modifications to your theme to avoid broken links, but that’s pretty much to be expected. It doesn’t remove those pages from the sitemap either (the one generated by vanilla WordPress). See Bence’s code snippet on the plugin’s forums (search for “sitemap”) if you want to achieve that.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hummelsonline4.0y ago
Great plugin. I do nothing with php code on my sites. This works!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ plutopian4.1y ago
Does what it says on the tin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jola12124.3y ago
Very useful
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ martymcleod4.3y ago
I was looking into reducing unneeded bloat on my sites (why index unneeded pages or posts like author archives?) and found this. Easy to use via the slider-style on/off switches and very simple to get up and going. Good stuff! 😀 Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Молвинец «СКРЕПЫ» NSFW Cartel4.3y ago
плохо, что не перенаправляет на главную, но вцелом нужное дополнение.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fercol4.4y ago
Simple and efficacy.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- 2026-10-23 Version 5.1.4 Maintained again, by WP User Manager Fixed: removed author, category and tag archives were still listed in the WordPress sitemap Fixed: the settings screen could run on another plugin’s copy of the shared framework, such 5.1.4
- 2024-04-17 Version 5.1.3 Bugfix after Cleanup 5.1.3
- 2024-04-16 Version 5.1.2 Cleanup 5.1.2
- 2022-10-03 Version 5.1.1 removed all links to webiste removed request for rating 5.1.1
- 2022-04-18 Version 5.1.0 Plugin Foundation updated to PPF08 cosmetics 5.1.0
- 2020-08-23 Version 5.0.3 minor UI adjustments 5.0.3
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Completely remove unwanted Archive Pages from your Blog"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,296 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("author archive", "category archive", "date archive" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-26 7K+ → 6K+ down after 235 days in tier
- 2025-12-03 8K+ → 7K+ down after 463 days in tier
- 2024-08-27 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1106 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 8K+ → 9K+ up after 165 days in tier
- 2021-03-05 7K+ → 8K+ up after 331 days in tier
- 2020-04-08 6K+ → 7K+ up after 148 days in tier
- 2019-11-12 5K+ → 6K+ up after 162 days in tier
- 2019-06-03 4K+ → 5K+ up after 243 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).
- R Recent Archive More Widget 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP Author Slug 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
-
Archive Control 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D -
Archive Page 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A - C Categories Recent Posts Widget 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
- S scifi Facets 30+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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