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WP Meta and Date Remover
It scrubs your dates but keeps the granular control for Pro users.
HealthyDeclining
64/100
Basic removal works well but the most useful features are locked behind a Pro upgrade.
Active installs
~128,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 90k+
Rating
4.2★
71 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-44%
Declining fast
322 → 182 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 44% vs a year ago
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 · -44% in the last year
322/day a year ago→182/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Meta and Date Remover has a split reputation — it works well for basic sitewide date/meta removal for some users, but draws consistent criticism for hiding key features like per-post date removal behind a paid upsell and for leaving behind partial remnants like "by" text and dividers.
What people like
- +Works reliably for basic sitewide date and meta removal on compatible themes×5
- +Simple to set up with minimal configuration required×3
- +Responsive and helpful developer/support×2
- +Effective at removing dates from Google search results after recrawl
Common complaints
- −Key features such as selective per-post or per-page date removal require a paid Pro upgrade, which users feel is misleading given the plugin's screenshots and description×4
- −Plugin does not work on all themes — at least one major theme (Avada) is reported as incompatible
- −Incomplete removal leaves behind residual elements such as 'by' text and dividing lines, making the result look broken×2
- −At least one user reports a previously working version was broken by an update
- −Reported to add minor performance overhead without delivering functionality in some cases
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.19★Verified rating — drops from 4.20★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 17%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 71 total
Latest reviews · 71 analyzed
- 2026-03-08★★★★★Does nothing!dubsfan
- 2025-03-21★★★★★Can't use on select posts unless you paymehlmanmedical
- 2024-12-10★★★★★Plugin works ery good and also supporta897654z
- 2024-06-05★★★★★Make your site evergreen in Google search resultsJJulien
- 2023-12-01★★★★★Plugin is super easy to set up. Totally worth it if you manage diff. scenariosallagringaus
- 2023-05-09★★★★★From Perfect To Perfectly Uselessslofe
- 2023-01-24★★★★★Didn't Work in My Case!rehangillani
- 2023-01-18★★★★★Very useful plugin!betoarisi
- 2023-01-13★★★★★Great Customer Supporturbangarden
- 2022-10-04★★★★★Dosen't workkeshvarifar
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.
171
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
179
Prior 7-day baseline
170
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
16,957
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,111
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-4.5%
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.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.28
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
76%
5★ share in analyzed sample
17%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.28 → 4.19★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered