Running audit
Password Protected
- Pulling install history
- Scoring plugin health
- Checking ranking factors
- Reading recent reviews
- Writing your report
Plugin audit
Password Protected
Password Protected is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
300K+
Rating
4.4★
139 reviews
Downloads / 30d
171.1K
Momentum
-40%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 3791 tracked Admin & Utilities plugins: health 87 vs 54 average · rating 4.37★ vs 3.86★.
What we found
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -40% while the Admin & Utilities category median is +19%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
What to do: A coordinated content + outreach push can re-ignite installs.
Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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