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QRAuth vs Limit Login Attempts

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

QRAuth is the safest pick: health B · 84 against 51 for Limit Login Attempts, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

QRAuth moved up one install band, 20+ to 30+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	QRAuth	Limit Login Attempts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	300K–400K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+50% ✓	Stable
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	D · 51
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	5/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	2	202 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	53/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	12d ago ✓	3.6y ago
Downloads, last 30d	485	8K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+300%	+9%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.3%	13% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

QRAuthLimit Login Attempts

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.