Running audit
Plugin Security Scanner
- Pulling install history
- Scoring plugin health
- Checking ranking factors
- Reading recent reviews
- Writing your report
Plugin audit
Plugin Security Scanner
Plugin Security Scanner has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
700+
Rating
4.9★
7 reviews
Downloads / 30d
243
Momentum
+79%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 1776 tracked Security plugins: health 50 vs 66 average · rating 4.25★ vs 3.78★.
What we found
Open security vulnerability
CriticalA known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
What to do: Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Likely abandoned
CriticalNo update in 88 months. wp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users avoid them.
What to do: Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
Readme fails 6 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: says what it does, has a faq, faq asks real questions, 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 7 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.
Strong momentum. Downloads are accelerating (+79% vs prior month). Good moment to amplify.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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