Exclude Category from Blog
by WonderPlugin · Search
Also makes 5 other plugins · 22.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Exclude categories from WordPress blog page, home page and search
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 58/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
83 health vs 63 average across 979 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.8%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 12.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 645 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Search plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 5 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| exclude category from blog your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| exclude categories your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| exclude category your tag | #1 | #7 | — |
| exclude category from search your tag | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| exclude category from home your tag | #1 | #4 | — |
| exclude | #2 | #12 | 0 |
| exclude search category | #1 | #4 | — |
| category exclude | #2 | #9 | 0 |
| exclude from search | #4 | #14 | up 1 |
| exclude category posts | #3 | #12 | — |
| exclude page | #8 | #20 | 0 |
| category | #21 | #22 | 0 |
| search exclude | #8 | #15 | — |
| exclude post | #11 | #23 | down 1 |
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 7 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. “from” and “category” (#18 and #21 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 349 · 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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 26 Dec 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mathst4.5y ago
This plugin solved a problem I’ve been trying to solve for almost one week now. I’ve been jumping from one popular plugin to another in vain. But this simple plugin did the trick as soon as installed it and selected the categories to be excluded. And boom!!! Those posts were gone from my blog page. Now I can have a sound sleep at lastt. Thaks you very much.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kirildonev92824.7y ago
I don’t understand what this module does, because what it says it does just doesn’t work, it just doesn’t work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dizzy55.4y ago
Everything works.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ BeeCee5.6y ago
The plugin misses one important thing: to exclude categories from the feed, too
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ abiodunnwabs6.4y ago
I love the simplicity with which any post can be exclude. Nothing complicated. Love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Frank White6.5y ago
pretty good
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ elusnork7.1y ago
Thanks! It works.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! 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 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 842 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "exclude category from home", "exclude category from search" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-03-16 2K+ → 1K+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-03-10 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-09 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-03-06 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-05 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-04 1K+ → 2K+ up after 43 days in tier
- 2025-01-20 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-19 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 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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