Remove Unwanted Subscribers
by paulvgibbs · Security
Remove unwanted users automatically using a CRON Job.
41 health vs 69 average across 328 Security 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2414 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
22
now · peak 62
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 “20+”. 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
- 2025-07-29 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-07-23 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-07-21 30+ → 20+ down after 532 days in band
- 2024-02-05 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in band
- 2024-01-30 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-01-29 40+ → 30+ down after 8 days in band
- 2024-01-21 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-01-20 40+ → 30+ down after 5 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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FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
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weMail – Email Marketing, Newsletter Builder & Email Automations for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Newsletters 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
MailerPress – Newsletter, email marketing & AI automation 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Cleanup Action Scheduler 1K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag C
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