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Disallow Pwned Password vs Passwords Evolved

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

Passwords Evolved is the safest pick: health C · 59 against 45 for Disallow Pwned Password, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Disallow Pwned PasswordPasswords Evolved

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	Disallow Pwned Password	Passwords Evolved
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	400–500 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-80%
Overall health	D · 45	C · 59 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	37/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.1★
Reviews	2	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	65/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.7y ago	1.6y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	34	692 ✓
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.	-16%	-16%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	1.3% ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Disallow Pwned PasswordPasswords Evolved

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.