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WP Generator Remover by Dawsun

by Umar Draz · Security

Also makes 2 other plugins · 570+ installs across the portfolio →

Efficient ways to remove/hide WordPress Generator Meta, Stylesheet Version, and Javascript Version for better SEO performance.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 6/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins

Removal-risk signals

45/100

Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.

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.

52 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 13/100
WP compatibility 53/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1240 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+31% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

72

now · peak 159

7230d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP Generator Remover · #23856 you Meta Generator and V · #2177 Hide WordPress Versi · #9524 Wordfence Security · #11

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.

2.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v2.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
30–40 ≈39

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2021-08-17 · 1,385 observations

30Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
2.0.1
Last updated
3.4y ago
Added
2017-11-15 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
6.2.11
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. Anonymous User 12966443
    8.8y ago

    The plugin works as advertised.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. Umar Draz
    8.8y ago

    Its perfect working

    Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-05-09 40+ → 30+ down after 16 days in tier
  2. 2025-04-23 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier
  3. 2025-04-19 40+ → 30+ down after 570 days in tier
  4. 2023-09-27 50+ → 40+ down

Competes with

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WP Generator Remover by Dawsun: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-generator-remover-dawsun