Smart Attachment Page Remove

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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.

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52 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 40 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   4.4y ago

   It simply does what it promises to do. Thanks!

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2. ★★★★★ bloup

   4.6y ago

   <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>It returned a 404 error code just like I wanted so that googlebot does not see a single attachment page.I am convinced that from a SEO point of view, this plugin can be VITAL.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>Previously, Googlebot spotted all attachment pages and spent time crawling them even if there were redirecting to parent pages by my SEO plugin Rank math seo & Yoast.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>By default Yoast or Rank math seo redirect attachment pages to parent pages. Sometimes it redirects attachment pages to the image url itself.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>However, Nothing on my website had links to an attachment page. btw, I suspect that in the past a XML sitemap listed these attachment URLs so that googlebot spotted them.Anyways, I think it is a really bad idea to redirect them. The attachment page is not an equivalent of its parent page. I am sure it can trigger a Google’s Cloaking penalty.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>All SEO plugins got it wrong from this point of view. They should create a 404 when webmasters want attachment pages to be disabled.So for sure, i could have installed Yoast and activate it but opt for the option to hide it in search appearances. It would have added a noindex.This means that in this case, the pages would have been still there. This means that Googlebot would likely spend time crawling these useless pages. I have more than 100 of them.That’s why this plugin is so important. It returns a proper 404 which will send the best possible signal to Googlebot.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>I also don’t trust SEO plugins. In the past, Yoast changed the settings of attachment pages during an update (Yoast 7.0). I don’t know if you heard of it but millions of attachment pages have been indexed because of this update. Since that time, I don’t trust SEO plugins anymore.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>In the past, I had this issue, I redirected attachment pages and my website was penalized by google. By returning a 404 , I avoid any Google penalty. That’s why this plugin is vital.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by bloup. This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by bloup. This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by bloup. This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by bloup.

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3. ★★★★★ Joe

   5.2y ago

   Thank you for the excellent plugin!

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4. ★★★★★ Jimmy Lee

   5.4y ago

   Really nice, clean plugin. Again, thank you.

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5. ★★★★★ ArtZ91

   5.6y ago

   Works as expected, but settings page with custom styles is redundant, imo.

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6. ★★★★★ ntemple

   6.0y ago

   What else is to say? It just works.

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7. ★★★★★ DELUCKS

   6.1y ago

   I use the plugin to optimize our internal link juice for better SEO and I’m super confident with it.

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8. ★★★★★ gordanazivanov

   7.5y ago

   After 2 years of using, I’m still very happy!!!

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-01-17 1K+ → 900+ down after 18 days in tier
2. 2025-12-30 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-12-29 1K+ → 900+ down

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Smart Attachment Page Remove: 900+ active installs, 4.7★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/smart-attachment-page-remove