Zero Budget Bot Shield vs BBQ Firewall

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

Zero Budget Bot Shield

by Sam

Health C69

BBQ Firewall

by Jeff Starr

Health A91

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	Zero Budget Bot Shield	BBQ Firewall
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+900% ✓	0%
Overall health	—	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	72/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	0	160 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	79/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	122	14.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	14% ✓	2.9%
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

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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.