Project Force Field vs BruteGuard

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

Project Force Field

by Faison

Health D48

BruteGuard

by EverPress

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Project Force Field BruteGuard

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	Project Force Field	BruteGuard
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	100–200 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 48 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	4/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.28★ ✓	4.06★
Reviews	16 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	47/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	12.3y ago	3.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	33	72 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Project Force Field BruteGuard

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.