Safe Sites vs Wordfence Security

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

Safe Sites

by Hidayat Mahetar

Health B75

Wordfence Security

by Mark Maunder

Health A95

Active-install trajectory

Safe SitesWordfence Security

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	Safe Sites	Wordfence Security
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 75	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	80/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	89/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	1	5,043 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	78/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	63	1.5M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	1.2% ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Safe SitesWordfence Security

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.