Smart Attachment Page Remove — WordPress Anti-Spam Plugin
by Peter Raschendorfer · WordPress.org page · Website
Smart Attachment Page Remove has 900+ active installs on WordPress.org and 18,796 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on April 17, 2024, tested up to WordPress 6.3.10.
Smart Attachment Page Remove at a glance
Is Smart Attachment Page Remove well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- This plugin does not set cookies
- This plugin does not collect or store any data
- This plugin does not send any data to external servers
Smart Attachment Page Remove reviews and ratings
13 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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just as the label describes it :)
It simply does what it promises to do. Thanks!
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Simply the best
<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p class="">It returned a 404 error code just like I wanted so that googlebot does not see a single attachment page.I am convinced that from a SEO point of view, this plugin can be VITAL.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p class="">Previously, Googlebot spotted all attachment pages and spent time crawling them even if there were redirecting to parent pages by my SEO plugin Rank math seo & Yoast.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p class="">By default Yoast or Rank math seo redirect attachment pages to parent pages. Sometimes it redirects attachment pages to the image url itself.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p class="">However, Nothing on my website had links to an attachment page. btw, I suspect that in the past a XML sitemap listed these attachment URLs so that googlebot spotted them.Anyways, I think it is a really bad idea to redirect them. The attachment page is not an equivalent of its parent page. I am sure it can trigger a Google’s Cloaking penalty.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p class="">All SEO plugins got it wrong from this point of view. They should create a 404 when webmasters want attachment pages to be disabled.So for sure, i could have installed Yoast and activate it but opt for the option to hide it in search appearances. It would have added a noindex.This means that in this case, the pages would have been still there. This means that Googlebot would likely spend time crawling these useless pages. I have more than 100 of them.That’s why this plugin is so important. It returns a proper 404 which will send the best possible signal to Googlebot.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p class="">I also don’t trust SEO plugins. In the past, Yoast changed the settings of attachment pages during an update (Yoast 7.0). I don’t know if you heard of it but millions of attachment pages have been indexed because of this update. Since that time, I don’t trus
bloup -
Works like a charm!
Thank you for the excellent plugin!
Joe -
Thank you kindly
Really nice, clean plugin. Again, thank you.
Jimmy Lee -
Works as expected
Works as expected, but settings page with custom styles is redundant, imo.
ArtZ91 -
Just works
What else is to say? It just works.
ntemple
Details
Completely remove Attachment Pages from your Blog
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Smart Attachment Page Remove competes in
Tags
- antispam comment spam
- attachment page
- attachment pages
- ClassicPress
- spam
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- Version
- 4.0.5
- Last updated
- Apr 17, 2024
- First published
- Jan 3, 2017
- Requires WordPress
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- 6.3.10
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Smart Attachment Page Remove FAQ
What does Smart Attachment Page Remove do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Smart Attachment Page Remove offers This plugin does not set cookies, This plugin does not collect or store any data and This plugin does not send any data to external servers.
How many active installs does Smart Attachment Page Remove have?
WordPress.org reports 900+ active installs for Smart Attachment Page Remove as of September 7, 2026.
Is Smart Attachment Page Remove still maintained?
The last release was on April 17, 2024, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is Smart Attachment Page Remove free?
Smart Attachment Page Remove is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.