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Remove Footer Credit
Relief for theme owners until the HTML hunt begins.
Declining
70/100
The plugin works well for many users but requires manual HTML entry that often fails.
Active installs
~75,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 70k+
Rating
4.7★
88 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-55%
Declining fast
301 → 135 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 55% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 6 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -55% in the last year
301/day a year ago→135/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayRemove Footer Credit is a clever, theme-agnostic approach to stripping footer text that works well for many users, but its reliability is inconsistent across themes and WordPress versions, and the copy-paste workflow is less intuitive than users expect.
What people like
- +Works across a wide range of themes, including free versions of paid themes that block direct editing×4
- +Theme-agnostic approach means it does not need per-theme updates from the author, unlike competing plugins×2
- +Responsive and competent support that helps users get the plugin working when it initially fails×3
- +Simple setup once the correct footer code is identified and pasted into the plugin's input box×3
Common complaints
- −Does not work with WordPress 6.1.1 on at least two tested themes (Twenty Sixteen 2.8 and Mesmerize) (since 6.1.1)×2
- −Completely ineffective for some users regardless of setup — plugin activates but nothing changes×3
- −Requires users to locate and copy the exact raw HTML/code of the footer element, which is unintuitive and error-prone×3
- −Can break page layout if the wrong code is pasted into the removal box
- −Does not work against all theme-creator tricks designed to protect footer credits×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.63★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 19%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 88 total
Latest reviews · 88 analyzed
- 2026-04-18★★★★★Easy and does what it says on the tinRickC4
- 2025-09-17★★★★★Simple, much simpler than editingmtpatton1-shot
- 2025-04-01★★★★★Does what I need it to!AlexanderOrlik
- 2024-04-23★★★★★Does what I need it toChris Lovie-Tyler
- 2023-11-09★★★★★No funcionaotul
- 2023-09-28★★★★★Perfect plugin to easily remove footer credits.martin24
- 2023-01-06★★★★★Does not workJBenoit
- 2023-01-05★★★★★Does not workbergbahn
- 2022-10-04★★★★★Great Pluginpagrob
- 2022-04-12★★★★★goodEmil Atanasov
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
133
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
145
Prior 7-day baseline
122
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
133
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-8.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.12
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
90%
5★ share in analyzed sample
19%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.70 → 4.63★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered