Hide My WP Ghost vs IP Geo Block

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

Hide My WP Ghost

by John Darrel

Health A88

IP Geo Block

by tokkonopapa

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Hide My WP GhostIP Geo Block

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	Hide My WP Ghost	IP Geo Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K ✓	7K–8K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-22%
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	68/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	373 ✓	95
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100 ✓	45/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	yesterday ✓	7.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	100K ✓	630
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.4% ✓	0.9%
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Hide My WP GhostIP Geo Block

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.