Password Protect vs Password Protected

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

Password Protect

by Huzaifa Al Mesbah

Health B82

Password Protected

by Saad Iqbal

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

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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	Password Protect	Password Protected
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+400% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 82	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.85★	4.37★ ✓
Reviews	3	139 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	82/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	18d ago ✓	1mo ago
Downloads · 30d	404	83.7K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Password Protect Password Protected

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.