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Block wp-login vs Limit Login Attempts Security

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

Block wp-login is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 82 for Limit Login Attempts Security, led by stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

Limit Login Attempts Security moved down one install band, 2M+ to 1M+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Block wp-login	Limit Login Attempts Security
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	1M–2M ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-50%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	B · 82
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	33/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	9	1,489 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100 ✓	87/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads, last 30d	836	2.4M ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+70%	-53%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.6% ✓	1.0%
Category	Login & Users	Security

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

Release activity

Block wp-loginLimit Login Attempts Security

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.