Grade A

Remove "Powered by WordPress"

Name: Remove "Powered by WordPress"
Rating: 4.3 (21 reviews)
Author: Oliver Campion

⤓ Download v1.6.3 on WordPress.org ↗

by Oliver Campionupdated 2026-05-18✨The Quiet Achiever

Relief for classic users but a headache for block builders.

HealthyGrowing

76/100

The plugin works for classic themes but fails on modern block themes and has questionable developer conduct.

Loved24/40

Trustworthy9/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum11/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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add_filter( 'the_content_feed', 'remove_powered_by_wordpress' );
add_filter( 'bloginfo', 'remove_powered_by_wordpress', 10, 2 );

function remove_powered_by_wordpress( $output, $show = '' ) {
    return $output;
}

// Remove the credit text injected via footer action hooks in classic themes.
add_filter( 'twentyseventeen_credits', '__return_empty_string' );

// Universal approach: filter the footer credit string.
add_filter( 'get_bloginfo_rss', 'remove_powered_by_wordpress' );

// For most classic themes, simply replace the footer_credits output.
add_filter( 'twentytwentyone_credits', '__return_empty_string' );
add_filter( 'twentytwenty_credits',    '__return_empty_string' );

// Catch-all: suppress the standard "Proudly powered by WordPress" string.
add_filter( 'site_info', function( $output ) {
    return preg_replace( '/<a[^>]*>Proudly powered by WordPress<\/a>/i', '', $output );
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin also adds a replacement widget area in some themes and supports many third-party themes; the snippet only covers core classic themes.

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Active installs

~25,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+

→ on track for 30k+in ~12 months

Rating

4.4★

21 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+23%

Growing

41 → 51 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing · +23% in the last year

41/day a year ago→51/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Remove "Powered by WordPress" is a simple, single-purpose plugin that works well for users on older or compatible themes, but has a notable compatibility gap with modern default WordPress themes and draws criticism for developer conduct around negative reviews.

What people like

+Works instantly upon activation with no configuration needed×4
+Praised for good customer/developer support×2

Common complaints

−Does not work with modern default WordPress themes (Twenty Twenty-Two and newer), making it incompatible with a large share of current WordPress installs×2
−Removes specific strings rather than the entire footer info block, so it is not universally effective across all themes
−Developer reportedly had a critical review moved to the support forum and privately asked the reviewer to raise their star rating, raising concerns about suppression of negative feedback

Review trustReviews look organic

4.25★Verified rating — drops from 4.40★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
24%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 21 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 21 analyzed

2026-05-18★★★★★WARNING does not work with themes beyond 2021 RickC4
2024-12-01★★★★★Your theme “twentytwentyfive” is not compatible.openletter
2024-05-11★★★★★quick and easy!edurepub
2024-01-05★★★★★Brilliant plugin katherinemasters
2023-11-23★★★★★Great plugin and service elisaschram
2023-10-19★★★★★Twenty Twelve Ken
2023-02-06★★★★★supports only handpicked themes supervisitor
2022-10-02★★★★★don't waste your time aejhart
2022-08-15★★★★★Great plugin, great service robbertvanberkel1-shot
2022-06-12★★★★★Dev team worked swiftly jsmpix1-shot

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-18v1.6.3
2025-12-09v1.6.2
2025-12-05v1.6.1
2024-03-18v1.6.0
2023-12-29v1.5.9
2023-11-23v1.5.8
2023-10-31v1.5.7
2023-07-24v1.5.6

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

121

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

3,066

Mean release-day peak (30d)

117

Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)

0.0%

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

2.08

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

86%

5★ share in analyzed sample

24%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.43 → 4.25★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered