Polar Mass Advanced IP Blocker vs Injection Guard

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

Polar Mass Advanced IP Blocker

by polarmass

Health C62

Injection Guard

by Fahad Mahmood

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Polar Mass Advanced IP Blocker Injection Guard

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	Polar Mass Advanced IP Blocker	Injection Guard
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	C · 62	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	50/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.85★	4.22★ ✓
Reviews	3	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	76/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.3y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	72	434 ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Polar Mass Advanced IP Blocker Injection Guard

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.