Apocalypse Meow vs WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)

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

Apocalypse Meow

by Blobfolio

Health A90

WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)

by John Darrel

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Apocalypse Meow WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Apocalypse Meow	WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 90 ✓	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	92/100 ✓	88/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.62★ ✓	4.49★
Reviews	23	372 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11d ago ✓	13d ago
Downloads · 30d	767	41.7K ✓
Category	Login & Users	Security

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

Release activity

Apocalypse Meow WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)

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.