Whitelist IP For Limit Login Attempts vs Limit Login Attempts

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

Limit Login Attempts is the safest pick: health D · 51 against 44 for Whitelist IP For Limit Login Attempts, led by lower removal risk.

Whitelist IP For Limit Login Attempts

by Svetoslav Marinov

Health D44

Limit Login Attempts

by Automattic

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Whitelist IP For Limit Login Attempts moved down one install band, 600+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Whitelist IP For Limit Login Attempts	Limit Login Attempts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	300K–400K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-17%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 44	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	5/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	5	202 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	53/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	10.8y ago	3.6y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	200	8.1K ✓
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.	+20%	+15%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.2%	13% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Whitelist IP For Limit Login AttemptsLimit 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.