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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Remove

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Remove

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for remove comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. No Category Base Best overall 87/100
  2. 2. Disable and Remove Google Fonts 87/100
  3. 3. Remove Footer Credit 87/100
  4. 4. Classic Editor + 87/100
  5. 5. WP Meta and Date Remover 85/100
  6. 6. Remove Category URL 84/100
  7. 7. Remove "Powered by WordPress" 84/100
  8. 8. Bulk remove posts from category 84/100
  9. 9. No Gutenberg? 84/100
  10. 10. Unbloater 84/100
  11. 11. Theme Editor 83/100
  12. 12. Advanced Cron Manager 83/100
  13. 13. Debloat 83/100
  14. 14. Remove admin menus by role 83/100
  15. 15. Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools 82/100
1 No Category Base
Best overall Free by DigitalME

No Category Base

This plugin removes the mandatory 'Category Base' from your category permalinks. It's compatible with WPML.

4.5★
from 34 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
87

WPScore

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4 Classic Editor +
Free by Pieter Bos

Classic Editor +

The "Classic Editor +" plugin disables the block editor, removes enqueued scripts/styles and brings back classic Widgets.

4.9★
from 31 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
87

WPScore

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5 WP Meta and Date Remover
Free by prasadkirpekar

WP Meta and Date Remover

Remove meta author and date information from posts and pages. Hide from Humans and Search engines.SEO friendly and most advance plugin.

4.2★
from 71 ratings
90k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
85

WPScore

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6 Remove Category URL
Free by Themeisle

Remove Category URL

Remove Category URL strips the /category/ base from your category URLs, turning something like /category/my-category/ into simply /my-category/.

4.2★
from 59 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
84

WPScore

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7 Remove "Powered by WordPress"
Free by Oliver Campion

Remove "Powered by WordPress"

Removes the WordPress credit on all default classic WordPress themes and replaces with a widget sidebar for those wanting to customise the theme.

4.4★
from 21 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
84

WPScore

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9 No Gutenberg?
Free by Fernando Tellado

No Gutenberg?

Decide where the block editor stays and where the Classic Editor comes back. It also removes Global Styles, patterns, block widgets and block CSS.

5★
from 16 ratings
9k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
84

WPScore

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10 Unbloater
Free by christophrado

Unbloater

Remove unnecessary code, nags and bloat from WordPress core and certain plugins.

5★
from 17 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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11 Theme Editor
Free by mndpsingh287

Theme Editor

Theme Editor allows you to edit theme files, create folder, upload files and remove any file and folder in themes and plugins.

4.6★
from 128 ratings
50k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
83

WPScore

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13 Debloat
Free by asadkn

Debloat

Remove Unused CSS, Optimize CSS, Optimize JS and speed up your site.

4.8★
from 41 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
83

WPScore

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