IP Geo Block vs WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)

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

IP Geo Block

by tokkonopapa

Health D46

WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)

by John Darrel

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

IP Geo Block WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)

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	IP Geo Block	WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	8K–9K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.13★	4.49★ ✓
Reviews	95	372 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.6y ago	12d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	368	42.7K ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

IP Geo Block WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)

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.