Bottle vs Wordfence Security

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

Bottle

by benrowland

Health B80

Wordfence Security

by Mark Maunder

Health A95

Active-install trajectory

BottleWordfence Security

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	Bottle	Wordfence Security
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+900% ✓	0%
Overall health	—	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	89/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	0	5,042 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6d ago ✓	1mo ago
Downloads · 30d	636	1.6M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.4% ✓	1.2%
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

BottleWordfence 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.