Unbloater
by christophrado · WordPress.org page
Unbloater has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 63,283 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on June 12, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Unbloater at a glance
Is Unbloater well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Advanced Custom Fields: Remove admin interface
- Autoptimize: Remove admin bar item
- Autoptimize: Remove imgopt notice
- Rank Math: Remove admin bar item
- Rank Math: Whitelabel (removes head comments and admin footer credit)
- Rank Math: Remove sitemap credit
- Rank Math: Remove link class
- SearchWP: Remove stats widget
- SearchWP: Remove stats link
- SearchWP: Remove admin bar item
- SearchWP: Move top-level menu item to bottom
- SearchWP: Remove top-level menu item
Unbloater reviews and ratings
17 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Eliminates useless WordPress Bloat
Absolute rockstar plugin!
CPX -
MUST HAVE WORDPRESS PLUGIN
Goodness, this is one handy mofo! THANK YOU
Pineapple is DISGUSTING on Pizza -
Unironically THE best unbloat/debloat plugin on Wordpress.
Installed on two websites of mine, settings are dummy friendly and very straightforward. Very lightweight plugin too. The author deserves more ratings! Cheers and hope you keep this amazing plugin up to date!
Aggravated Badger -
The best unbloat plugin
The best plugin to unbloat your wordpress website, simple, clean and free, it does not need any pro upgrade like others. along with a great developer.
akgt -
Nice plugin
I like this splugin, simple and clean.
nene -
super
works great
dago
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Details
Remove unnecessary code, nags and bloat from WordPress core and certain plugins.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- bloat
- clean
- notice
- remove
- unbloat
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- Version
- 1.7.0
- Last updated
- Jun 12, 2026
- First published
- Jan 5, 2021
- Requires WordPress
- 4.2
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.2
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Unbloater FAQ
What does Unbloater do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Unbloater offers Advanced Custom Fields: Remove admin interface, Autoptimize: Remove admin bar item, Autoptimize: Remove imgopt notice, Rank Math: Remove admin bar item and Rank Math: Whitelabel (removes head comments and admin footer credit).
How many active installs does Unbloater have?
WordPress.org reports 5,000+ active installs for Unbloater as of September 7, 2026.
Is Unbloater still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on June 12, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Does Unbloater have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for Unbloater are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Unbloater free?
Unbloater is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.