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bad_ip WP

by Iridium Intelligence · Blocks

Lightweight WordPress firewall plugin to block malicious IPs, TOR nodes, and brute-force attacks with real-time sync and control.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
73 Health · B
Maintenance 73/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

73 health vs 74 average across 621 Blocks plugins

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.

83 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 82/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-3% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

36

now · peak 286

Directory rank vs rivals

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

bad_ip WP · #24696 Wordfence Security · #11 Limit Login Attempts · #33 Security Optimizer · #52

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈27

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

At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 255 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations

Details

Version
2.0.7
Last updated
10mo ago
Added
2020-01-08 · 6 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
6.8.5
Requires PHP
7.4

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-02-11 10+ → 20+ up after 36 days in band
  2. 2026-01-06 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
  3. 2026-01-03 10+ → 20+ up after 36 days in band
  4. 2025-11-28 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
  5. 2025-11-27 10+ → 20+ up after 8 days in band
  6. 2025-11-19 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
  7. 2025-11-18 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
  8. 2025-11-17 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band

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bad_ip WP: 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bad-ip-wp