Grade A

Unlist Posts & Pages

Name: Unlist Posts & Pages
Rating: 4.7 (15 reviews)
Author: Nikhil Chavan

⤓ Download v1.2.1 on WordPress.org ↗

by Nikhil Chavanupdated 2026-05-15💎The Hidden Gem

A tiny tool for hiding content that is currently stuck in time.

HealthyDeclining

78/100

It works reliably for simple tasks but lacks maintenance and bulk editing features.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum4/12

✂️

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 post IDs to exclude in this array.
$unlisted_ids = [42, 99, 123];

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function ( WP_Query $query ) use ( $unlisted_ids ) {
    if ( is_admin() || empty( $unlisted_ids ) ) {
        return;
    }

    $existing = $query->get( 'post__not_in' ) ?: [];
    $query->set( 'post__not_in', array_unique( array_merge( $existing, $unlisted_ids ) ) );
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin stores the unlisted flag per post via a meta box UI; this snippet requires you to hardcode the IDs or replace the array with a get_posts/meta query to fetch posts marked with a custom field.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

4.7★

15 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-16%

Declining

22 → 19 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

Declining · -16% in the last year

22/day a year ago→19/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Unlist Posts & Pages is praised for its simple, reliable hiding functionality and ease of use, but users report it lacks updates, bulk editing, and admin-visibility controls.

What people like

+Easy to use and straightforward functionality×4
+Performs its advertised function reliably×3
+Compatible with recent WordPress versions
+Allows selective hiding of posts/pages for specific audiences

Common complaints

−Plugin has not been updated in a long time and is not tested with recent WordPress versions
−No option to keep unlisted items visible in the admin backend
−Lacks bulk-action capability for unlisting multiple posts at once

Review trustMostly organic

4.67★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
20%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2025-02-092025-10-072026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 15 total

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Latest reviews · 15 analyzed

2026-05-15★★★★★Please add on/off of unlist this post from the WP quick edit area.Gary Gordon1-shot
2025-12-17★★★★★Great plugin but not maintained and hides pages in the admin panel Manni02
2025-08-24★★★★★Useful BUT not for a lot of posts djkano
2025-01-28★★★★★Simple, clean and just works.jleahy
2021-05-10★★★★★Useful Game Bai Slot1-shot
2020-05-22★★★★★Excelente plugin pedrojg
2019-11-20★★★★★Works exactly as you'd wish.Oscar Gonzalez
2019-10-30★★★★★Great, simple, easy to use1 buckingc1-shot
2019-10-11★★★★★Works great!Nikola Papratovic
2019-04-30★★★★★Works matthewdhenderson

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-15v1.2.0
2026-05-15v1.2.1
2026-01-24v1.1.9
2022-01-24v1.1.8
2021-07-22v1.1.7
2021-07-20v1.1.6
2021-03-25v1.1.5
2021-03-18v1.1.4

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

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

1,318

Mean release-day peak (30d)

109

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

+11.1%

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.

25%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.80

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

87%

5★ share in analyzed sample

20%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.73 → 4.67★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered