Clean WordPress Updates
by Arjan Olsder · Uncategorized
Clean WordPress Updates blocks new themes and plugins from being installed upon updating WordPress Core
55 health vs 56 average across 11,831 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 583 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
39
now · peak 75
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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-24 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-21 70+ → 80+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2025-12-07 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-06 70+ → 60+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-12-02 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-01 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-30 60+ → 70+ up after 28 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- A Advanced Automatic Updates 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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WP Updates Settings 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Excerpt Settings 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Turn Admin Email Verification Off 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Site Update Notification 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C - C Core Updates Permission 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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