ContentRemover – remover titles, dates, author icon

ContentRemover – remover titles, dates, author

by yamaker

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37 Quality Score
Active Installs
14/30

With 1,000 active installs it is a niche utility, far behind the leading alternative's 9,000 installs but enough to indicate steady use in its narrow category.

Update Freshness
5/25

Updated in January 2025 and tested against WordPress 6.7.5, it is current, though the null PHP version requirement leaves server-side compatibility ambiguous.

User Rating
4/15

A 60 out of 100 average from only two ratings provides too little signal to draw meaningful conclusions about user satisfaction.

Support Health
8/15

No support threads have been opened, which suggests limited community engagement and means there is no track record of responsive help.

WP Compatibility
8/15

It requires WordPress 5.0 or higher and is tested up to 6.7.5, covering a wide range of installations, but unspecified PHP requirements and reliance on CSS hiding introduce theme-specific risks.

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About

A plugin to hide post titles, dates, and author names on WordPress posts and pages.

Active Installs 1k+
Rating ★★★ 3/5
Last Updated 2025-01-21 8:42am GMT
Requires WordPress 5.0+
Tested Up To 6.7.7
✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

ContentRemover adds CSS-based rules to hide post titles, publication dates, and author bylines across your WordPress posts and pages. It applies globally without per-post toggles or granular control over individual elements. The plugin takes a blanket approach to metadata suppression rather than offering a content-type or template-aware configuration.

Who It's For

This plugin suits site owners who want a simple, no-configuration way to strip identifying metadata from all posts uniformly, particularly for anonymous publishing, document repositories, or aggregated content feeds. It works best on sites where a consistent, site-wide anonymization is acceptable and where the default theme cooperates with CSS hiding. Small blogs, internal company knowledge bases, or syndication platforms with minimal design customization are the natural fit.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone who needs to selectively hide metadata on specific posts, custom post types, or particular page templates should skip this plugin since it offers no conditional logic or granular targeting. Developers building custom themes will find CSS-level hiding fragile and should implement metadata removal directly in their template files.

The Bottom Line

ContentRemover is a narrow utility with an overall quality score of 40.68 out of 100, dragged down by limited popularity and near-zero community engagement. It can work as a quick fix for simple anonymous publishing, but the lack of granular controls, absent support history, and CSS-only approach make it a fragile choice. Most users will be better served by MM Title Manager, which has a substantially higher score and a larger install base.

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