Cloud Maestro vs Wordfence Security

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

Cloud Maestro

by 5 Star Plugins (Rob)

Health A86

Wordfence Security

by Mark Maunder

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

Cloud Maestro 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	Cloud Maestro	Wordfence Security
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+500% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 86	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	79/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.17★	4.71★ ✓
Reviews	4	4,986 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4d ago ✓	22d ago
Downloads · 30d	260	4.1M ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Cloud Maestro 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.