Security Safe vs Wordfence Security

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

Security Safe

by Sovereign Stack, LLC

Health B84

Wordfence Security

by Mark Maunder

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

Security Safe Wordfence 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	Security Safe	Wordfence Security
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 84	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	89/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	82/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.47★	4.71★ ✓
Reviews	13	4,983 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago	19d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	171	4.1M ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Security Safe Wordfence 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.