Edit Lock vs Wordfence Security

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

Edit Lock

by doublejar

Health D46

Wordfence Security

by Mark Maunder

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

Edit Lock Wordfence 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	Edit Lock	Wordfence Security
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 46	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	4/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	82/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.71★ ✓
Reviews	2	4,983 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.9y ago	19d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	140	4.1M ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Edit Lock Wordfence 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.