Access Watch: Security and Traffic Insights

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wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Reviewers love how clearly it surfaces bot and bad-traffic data, and they call setup easy, though one notes it only logs bots when a cache plugin or Cloudflare sits in front.

1. ★★★★★ imgooo

   8.4y ago

   It works better than other popular traffic tracking plugins! A big thank you to its creator(s)!

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2. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 14978628

   8.4y ago

   What a great plugin this is! Really excellent. Lovely design, and provides very useful and easy to understand data about bad bots visiting your site. Doesn’t seem to work entirely correctly for me, as it only records bot visits to my site and not regular visitors. So there seems to be some issue with this plugin and either using a cache plugin or cloudflare. But all i want it for is monitoring bots. And that it does extremely well! There is an option to block bots, but nothing i can see to unblock bots later on (unless you click on that bot again in the watch list) or a list of what bots you have blocked. So something like that in a future update would be great! I initially installed this plugin thinking i would only use it for a short time, but it’s so great i’ve kept it ever since! This plugin would probably get more installs if it had something relating to “block bots” in the title!

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3. ★★★★★ mucchin

   8.8y ago

   Now That I am use to it, I Could not live without it.

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4. ★★★★★ kuss

   9.1y ago

   Very useful to help keep bad bots out of your site! Keep up the good work! 🙂

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5. ★★★★★ severin07

   9.5y ago

   Access Watch lets me see in real time what’s happening on my website. I now know that I have many visitors from Russia and China, although none of them are humans (unfortunately). Can recommend this to anyone who operates a website big or small.

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6. ★★★★★ José

   9.5y ago

   Beautiful Plugin

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7. ★★★★★ datako

   9.5y ago

   Author is very quick to respond to questions too. Love this plugin and how simply detailed it is.

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8. ★★★★★ Luiz Bills

   9.6y ago

   Thanks for this great plugin =D

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-01-25 40+ → 30+ down after 8 days in tier
2. 2026-01-17 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-01-13 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in tier
4. 2026-01-09 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in tier
5. 2026-01-02 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2026-01-01 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in tier
7. 2025-12-25 40+ → 30+ down after 27 days in tier
8. 2025-11-28 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• N NewStatPress 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Burst Statistics – Simple WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Post Views Counter 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A

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Access Watch: Security and Traffic Insights: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/access-watch