BruteGuard – Brute Force Login Protection
by EverPress · Login & Users
Also makes 25 other plugins · 117.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
BruteGuard is a cloud powered brute force login protection that shields your site against botnet attacks.
46 health vs 59 average across 1,443 Login & Users plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.16.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1422 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
72
now · peak 125
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
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.9y ago
latest release · v0.1.4
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-12-09 · 1,391 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.
- 2025-04-17 CVE-2025-39408 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.1.4 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated 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
- 2026-07-17 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-07-12 100+ → 200+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 200+ → 100+ down after 611 days in tier
- 2024-10-26 300+ → 200+ down after 381 days in tier
- 2023-10-11 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-10-09 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-10-08 400+ → 300+ down after 68 days in tier
- 2023-08-01 300+ → 400+ up after 25 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).
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WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP fail2ban – Advanced Security 60K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
XO Security 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
IP Geo Block 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D - P Protection Against DDoS 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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