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.htaccess Site Access Control
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Plugin audit
.htaccess Site Access Control
.htaccess Site Access Control has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
800+
Rating
4.0★
wp.org · 3 reviews
Downloads / 30d
143
Momentum
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no downloads in the prior 30 days to compare with
Against 1786 tracked Security plugins: health 44 vs 66 average · rating, weighted for review count, 3.9★ vs 3.8★.
What we found
No update in 128 months
Criticalwp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users look for a recent release.
What to do: Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
Readme fails 4 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: says what it does, names who it is for, names what it works with and headings and lists. Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 3 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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