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WP Version Remover

by WP-EXPERTS.IN · Performance

?ver Remover! Remove wp version param from any enqueued styles & scripts files.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
42 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 67/100
Support 70/100

42 health vs 74 average across 344 Performance plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.12.

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.

47 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 8/100
WP compatibility 41/100
Rating quality 50/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1474 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-42% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

86

now · peak 199

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 Version Remover · #12835 WP Super Cache · #37 WP Fastest Cache · #49 WP-Optimize · #53

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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈290

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
1.5
Last updated
4.0y ago
Added
2016-11-23 · 9 yrs on WP
Requires WP
5.6
Tested up to
6.0.12
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-11-05 300+ → 200+ down after 13 days in band
  2. 2024-10-23 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in band
  3. 2024-10-19 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
  4. 2024-10-17 200+ → 300+ up after 5 days in band
  5. 2024-10-12 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
  6. 2024-10-09 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in band
  7. 2024-10-05 300+ → 200+ down after 35 days in band
  8. 2024-08-31 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band

Competes with

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WP Version Remover: 200+ active installs, 1.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-version-remover