Best removal plugins for WordPress
The most popular removal plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Custom Admin Bar leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover (300+) and Postal Code Removal For WooCommerce (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “removal” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 removal plugins
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WP Custom Admin BarThe most installed removal plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0.
- 3.
Postal Code Removal For WooCommerce10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 4.
Dashboard Widgets Network Removal10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 5.
Image P Tag Scrubber10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
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Chronological Spam Removal10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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Simple removal of posted imagesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 7 plugins tagged “removal”
WP Custom Admin Bar
Down in the last 7 days:28#10,088by Wes Todd14 years ago
A really simple and easy to use plugin to help gain control of the new Admin Bar.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover
Up in the last 7 days:21#10,826by meagan hanes10 years ago
Removes the smiley face created by WordPress.com Stats and JetPack plugins for WordPress by adding a single line of CSS to your header.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Postal Code Removal For WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:630#30,043by abidwaqar986 years ago
This Is A Lightweight Plugin That Removes The Postal Code Field Present In The Checkout Page Of WooCommmerce.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard Widgets Network Removal
Up in the last 7 days:130#34,284by erikshosting16 years ago
Remove All Dashboard Widgets In Single WP, Or Multi-Site!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image P Tag Scrubber
Down in the last 7 days:4,813#45,736by djenk11 years ago
Forces removal of p tags on images. Some themes get weird with the p tags.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Chronological Spam Removal
Down in the last 7 days:8,121#46,430by skunkbad14 years ago
Plugin removes comments from the comments table that match blacklisted items, have too many links, or contain a author url (not default), or have non …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple removal of posted images
#52,731by Antonio D.7 years ago
Removes all the inserted images in the content section of the posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day