WP Block Referrer Spam
by Roger Rodrigo · Analytics
Block 250+ spam sites, such as semalt.com and 4webmasters.org! Keep your website safe and your Google Analytics statistics clean and accurate.
41 health vs 63 average across 638 Analytics 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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 4015 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
29
now · peak 72
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-25 80+ → 70+ down after 66 days in band
- 2025-11-20 90+ → 80+ down after 143 days in band
- 2025-06-30 100+ → 90+ down after 51 days in band
- 2025-05-10 90+ → 100+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-05-06 100+ → 90+ down after 12 days in band
- 2025-04-24 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-04-22 100+ → 90+ down after 558 days in band
- 2023-10-12 200+ → 100+ down after 2 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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WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative 600K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin) 300K+ installs · 2.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Head, Footer and Post Injections 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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