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BudgetGuard

by mediacode solutions · Uncategorized

BudgetGuard — Budget Guard for Google Ads. Detect click fraud, block invalid traffic, and protect your PPC ad spend from wasted budget.

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

83 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized 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.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
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 2026-04-21 · 132 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-10% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 30

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

46

now · peak 104

4630d downloads · Aug 31

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

BudgetGuard · #31378 you Fraud Blocker · #47588 ClickFraudFree · #21845 Anura.io · #38631

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.

4.6Kper 1k installs · Aug 31

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

2

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v2.4.0

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.4.0 · 3mo ago2.3.9 · 4mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

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.

v2.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈17

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

Install history · since 2026-04-21 · 87 observations

10Installs · Aug 31

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
2.4.0
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2026-04-21
Requires WP
6.7
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. roboro
    4mo ago

    BudgetGuard does exactly what you’d expect: it provides full transparency on what’s happening with your ad budget. Especially for our Google campaigns, it’s extremely helpful to see which clicks are actually relevant and which ones are identified as invalid. Everything is clearly structured without unnecessary complexity. The automatic analysis runs reliably in the background and gives much more confidence when managing ad spend. The installation via the plugin was smooth, the connection was established instantly, and the configuration is very intuitive. A strong solution for anyone looking to manage their campaigns cleanly and efficiently.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Dutch 33%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-23 — → 10+ up

Competes with

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