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Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) vs NinjaFirewall (WP Edition)

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

NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) is the safest pick: health A · 96 against 61 for Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection), led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) NinjaFirewall (WP Edition)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 200–300 100K–200K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. Stable Stable
Overall health C · 61 A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 45/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 72/100 96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 90/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) 3.9★ 4.8★ ✓
Reviews 7 220 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 71/100 97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 1.4y ago 3d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 213 96.9K ✓
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. +22% +122%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 1.3% 2.7% ✓
Category Security Security

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

Release activity

Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)NinjaFirewall (WP Edition)

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.