WP-HideRefer
by ulfben · Uncategorized
WP-HideRefer adds proxies to your outgoing links, keeping your site private!
44 health vs 55 average across 14,285 Uncategorized 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.22, 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 2672 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
18
now · peak 56
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-03-21 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2024-03-15 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-14 20+ → 10+ down after 303 days in tier
- 2023-05-16 30+ → 20+ down after 177 days in tier
- 2022-11-20 20+ → 30+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2022-11-11 30+ → 20+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2022-10-26 20+ → 30+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2022-10-14 30+ → 20+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-hiderefer" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP-HideRefer — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP-HideRefer: 10+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-hiderefer