Unlist Posts & Pages
by Nikhil Chavan · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 60K+ installs across the portfolio →
Hide posts, pages or custom items from your site and make them accessible only with the direct link.
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Health
B 83/100
no flags
Active installs
10K+
≈19K estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “flags”, “flag” and “mysql” to your wp.org tags. You rank #13, #14 and #18 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.9%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 145.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 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 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
Well tuned across the board
Updated 169 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 15 reviews, smoothed to 4.24★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
14%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| unlist posts your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| dummy posts and custom posts | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| hide posts your tag | #8 | #13 | down 4 |
| posts page | #5 | #9 | 0 |
| posts | #15 | #22 | down 3 |
| direct link | #15 | #16 | 0 |
| flags | #13 | #22 | down 1 |
| flag | #14 | #18 | 0 |
| dummy | #14 | #21 | up 1 |
| posts to posts | #16 | #22 | 0 |
| mysql | #18 | #17 | up 1 |
| update posts | #20 | #24 | down 4 |
| duplicate posts | #20 | #19 | down 1 |
| ajax posts | #19 | #21 | 0 |
| show posts | #22 | #20 | down 2 |
| list posts | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| posts id | #15 | #20 | down 1 |
| page for posts | #21 | #22 | up 1 |
| new posts | #22 | #24 | down 2 |
| hide post | #23 | #21 | down 1 |
| post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
52 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 32 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “flags”, “flag” and “mysql” to your wp.org tags. You rank #13, #14 and #18 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 9.1K · 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.
3
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 15 May 2026
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 53% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5.6 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Gary Gordon6mo ago
I’d love to see an option to “Unlist this post” from the Quick Edit area in WP for each page/post in addition to the current location under EDIT. This would just help to make it easier to access. If possible, thank you. (And if possible, please add this feature as part of the plugin itself.)Something like this: https://app.screencast.com/mnSR1RaVLStys This topic was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by Gary Gordon. Reason: Further idea on this subject
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Manni0211mo ago
First of all, thanks for a great plugin! I’ve been using it for a long time and it works very well overall. However, I have two problems with it: It has not been updated in a long time, not tested in the last three major versions, which means that Wordfence is soon going to flag it as an abandonned plug in. Please could you update the plugin so that we can keep using it? I use the plugin to hide some Learndash groups so that they are not visible in the front end (for example, in the Members’ Area of a membership website). While this works very well, it also prevents from listing the unlisted groups in the backend as well. For example, we can’t assign an unlisted group to a user when editing te WP user account. Please could you add an option to never unlist the pages/posts in the backend (admin panel), or to only unlist in the front end? Thank you, and keep up the good work! This topic was modified 7 months ago by Manni02.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ djkano1.2y ago
If you want to unlist lots of very old posts you have to edit every article one by one. There’s no a Bulk action in the posts lists to select various posts at once and mark them as unlisted. So if you have tens or hundreds of posts, it makes your life miserable. The action in Bulk checkboxes, could solve this. This topic was modified 10 months, 4 weeks ago by djkano.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jleahy1.8y ago
This is what WordPress plugins were intended for. Added and easy-to-use functionality. Thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Game Bai Slot5.5y ago
Thankyou
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pedrojg6.4y ago
cumple con lo prometido es muy fácil de utilizar.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Oscar Gonzalez7.0y ago
This is simple, easy to use and works exactly as you’d expect it. Hope it doesn’t get forgotten with future updates.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ buckingc7.0y ago
Title says it all.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.2.1 Fix: Fatal TypeError on PHP 8.x when viewing the post list with ?post_status=unlisted and another plugin in the display_post_states filter chain declares a strict array type hint. The early-return path now returns the $s 1.2.1
- — Version 1.2.0 New: Quick Edit and Bulk Edit support to unlist or list posts directly from the post list table, plus a new “Unlisted” column on public post types. Fix: Unlisted posts are now visible in admin-originated AJAX requests, r 1.2.0
- — Version 1.1.9 Improvement: Comments for unlisted posts were hidden, These should be displayed now. Improvement: Make sure robots tag is noindex for unlisted posts when Rank Math plugin is active. 1.1.9
- — Version 1.1.8 Improvement: Updated the description of the plugin (props @NekoJonez ) 1.1.8
- — Version 1.1.7 Fix: Support translations on translate.wordpress.org. 1.1.7
- — Version 1.1.6 Fix: Unlisted post visible in preview/next post links. 1.1.6
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 8 languages, 1 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
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hide posts, pages or custom items from your site and make them accessible only with the direct link."
- ! 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 Mentions Beaver Builder.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,107 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "unlist posts" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2021-04-10 9K+ → 10K+ up after 130 days in tier
- 2020-12-01 8K+ → 9K+ up after 214 days in tier
- 2020-05-01 7K+ → 8K+ up after 142 days in tier
- 2019-12-11 2K+ → 7K+ up after 405 days in tier
- 2018-11-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 184 days in tier
- 2018-05-01 900+ → 1K+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2018-04-01 700+ → 900+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2018-03-02 600+ → 700+ up after 29 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).
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- A Add From Server 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C
- R Revision Control 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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