Carla WordPress Security Plugin
by lweb · Performance
Optimizes the loading time of your site, geolocates visitors, protects the directories of your servers and allows to modify your password directly.
45 health vs 75 average across 320 Performance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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 1650 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
55
now · peak 175
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-06-21 20+ → 10+ down after 414 days in band
- 2024-05-03 30+ → 20+ down after 338 days in band
- 2023-05-31 40+ → 30+ down after 69 days in band
- 2023-03-23 50+ → 40+ down after 110 days in band
- 2022-12-03 60+ → 50+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Performance Lab 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) – Advanced Security Plugin and Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Email Address Encoder 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
SlimStat Analytics 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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