CellarWeb Privacy and Security Options
by Rick Hellewell · Security
Security and privacy settings for your site, all in one place.
52 health vs 69 average across 345 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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 686 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
21
now · peak 229
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-02-28 30+ → 20+ down after 44 days in band
- 2025-01-15 20+ → 30+ up after 789 days in band
- 2022-11-18 10+ → 20+ up after 41 days in band
- 2022-10-08 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) 3M+ installs · 4.9★ A -
Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention 1M+ installs · 4.8★ A -
Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] 1M+ installs · 4.7★ A -
Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.5★ A
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