WP Head Cleanup
by nablasol · Uncategorized
WP Head Cleanup helps you to remove unnecessary extra links from the page header.
60 health vs 63 average across 4,618 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
30/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
- Aging. Over a year since the last update.
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: WP compatibility
To rank higher: Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 6.8; lagging the current branch costs search weight.
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
30
now · peak 117
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-13 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-11 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-10 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-09 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-06 200+ → 100+ down after 664 days in band
- 2024-02-11 300+ → 200+ down after 339 days in band
- 2023-03-09 400+ → 300+ down after 140 days in band
- 2022-10-20 300+ → 400+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Log cleaner for Solid Security 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C - E Easy WP Cleaner 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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whatwedo ACF Cleaner 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
ZS Action Scheduler Optimizer 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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