A1JSpamGuard vs WP Armour

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Health C63

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

WP Armour moved up one install band, 300K+ to 400K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	A1JSpamGuard	WP Armour
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	400K–500K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+33% ✓
Overall health	C · 63	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	46/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	32/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	5.0★ ✓
Reviews	3	1,474 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	63/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	39	37.7K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.4%	7.8% ✓
Category	Security	Security

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

A1JSpamGuardWP Armour

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.