WP Really Simple Discovery Link Remover
by Pankaj Mondal · Uncategorized
Removes the Really Simple Discovery (RSD) links that gets appended to the header.
41 health vs 62 average across 5,284 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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 1810 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
17
now · peak 55
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 “20+”. 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
- 2024-09-28 30+ → 20+ down after 16 days in band
- 2024-09-12 20+ → 30+ up after 12 days in band
- 2024-08-31 30+ → 20+ down after 18 days in band
- 2024-08-13 20+ → 30+ up after 8 days in band
- 2024-08-05 30+ → 20+ down after 96 days in band
- 2024-05-01 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-04-28 30+ → 20+ down after 42 days in band
- 2024-03-17 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
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