HTACCESS IP Blocker vs Spider Blocker

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

HTACCESS IP Blocker

by Taraprasad Swain

Health D45

Spider Blocker

by Niteo

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

HTACCESS IP Blocker Spider Blocker

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	HTACCESS IP Blocker	Spider Blocker
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+2757% ✓	0%
Overall health	D · 45	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	20/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★ ✓	3.93★
Reviews	1	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	63/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	6.1y ago	2.3y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	204	2.0K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

HTACCESS IP Blocker Spider Blocker

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.