Access Watch: Security and Traffic Insights
by François Hodierne · Analytics
Also makes 1 other plugin · 30+ installs across the portfolio →
Understand precisely the robot traffic on your website and take actions to improve performance and security.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
-5%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “analytics”, “dashboard” and “security” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
49 health vs 67 average across 1,826 Analytics plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 13.2K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Analytics plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,007 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Analytics plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
Details
- Version
- 2.0.0-end-of-life
- Last updated
- 7.9y ago
- Added
- 2016-02-08 · 10 yrs old
- Requires WP
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- 4.9.35
- Requires PHP
- —
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2018-04-24Reviewers 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.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2897 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.27★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2897 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| analytics your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| dashboard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| statistics your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “analytics”, “dashboard” and “security” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 187 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Dec 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ imgooo8.5y ago
It works better than other popular traffic tracking plugins! A big thank you to its creator(s)!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 149786288.5y 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!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mucchin9.0y ago
Now That I am use to it, I Could not live without it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kuss9.3y ago
Very useful to help keep bad bots out of your site! Keep up the good work! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ severin079.6y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ José9.7y ago
Beautiful Plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ datako9.7y ago
Author is very quick to respond to questions too. Love this plugin and how simply detailed it is.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Luiz Bills9.8y ago
Thanks for this great plugin =D
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Understand precisely the robot traffic on your website and take actions to improve performance and security."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 871 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "analytics", "statistics" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-25 40+ → 30+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-01-17 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-13 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-01-02 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-01 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2025-12-25 40+ → 30+ down after 27 days in tier
- 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
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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 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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