Blocked in China | Check if your site is available in the Chinese mainland
by Brandon Ernst · Security
Is your site available behind the Chinese Firewall? Check for free using the Blocked in China API.
84 health vs 64 average across 568 Security 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
194
now · peak 2.8K
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
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-15 50+ → 40+ down after 93 days in band
- 2026-02-11 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-02-07 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-02-03 40+ → 50+ up after 46 days in band
- 2025-12-19 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-17 40+ → 30+ down after 87 days in band
- 2025-09-21 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-09-17 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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MalCare WordPress Security Plugin – Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 200K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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