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Cloudflare

by Cloudflare · SEO

Also makes 2 other plugins · 200.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

All of Cloudflare’s performance and security benefits in a simple one-click install.

How scoring works →
80 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 63/100
Support 70/100

80 health vs 64 average across 1,223 SEO 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.

80 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 73/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-58% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

71.4K

now · peak 298.9K

73.5K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

Cloudflare · #231 you Flexible SSL for Clo · #376 Staatic · #4192 Cloudflare SSL by We · #4395

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.5Stars · Aug 26

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.

367per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
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.

6

releases in the last 12 months

1mo ago

latest release · v4.14.4

93

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

4.14.4 · 1mo ago4.14.3 · 4mo ago4.14.2 · 8mo ago4.14.1 · 8mo ago4.14.0 · 8mo ago4.13.0 · 10mo ago4.12.8 · 2.0y ago4.12.7 · 2.4y ago4.12.6 · 2.5y ago4.12.5 · 2.5y ago4.12.4 · 2.6y ago4.12.3 · 2.6y ago4.12.2 · 3.1y ago4.12.1 · 3.1y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 70% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v4.14 70%
v4.12 21%
Older / other versions 9%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
200K–300K ≈250K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2015-03-16 · 1,491 observations

200KInstalls · Aug 26

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 declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
4.14.4
Last updated
1mo ago
Added
2010-10-19 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

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  1. elyazmusic
    5mo ago

    Please add a widget to the homepage with PURGE CACHE, DEV MODE, and ANALYTICS. 🙏 Awesome integration, thank you.

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  2. davedecc
    1.0y ago

    Lot of promising opportunity using this WP plugin with the cloudflare service, alas it is not well supported by cloudflare and cloudflare doesn’t intend to maintain this plugin any longer. Update Sept 2025: looks like they’re picking this plugin back up again 🙂 This topic was modified 10 months ago by davedecc.

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  3. pikaboo1
    1.2y ago

    I have used many plugins including super page cache (wp super cache but the one that deal with cloudflare). I was enough in general with intrusive advertisements and very slow administration. I decided to go back to the official cloudflare plugin for wordpress + wp super cache. It is stable. They don’t add unsollicited advertisements, features. The settings are not bloated with many useless stuff. This cloudflare plugin is just the best solution if you want to use cloudflare. Then, if you want to tune cloudflare ,you are free to do it manually and that’s the best approach for the long term. This cloudflare plugin will never crash your wordpress installation.

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  4. alabandit
    1.4y ago

    you need to under stand there setting to create an api key and I do not have faith in the average wp user to not create a safe key. please update the basic settings to be safer.

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  5. chuckwolferockstar
    1.5y ago

    Does not work on WordPress Version 6.7.2. Just a blank settings screen. Has not been updated in 7 months (its March 2025 at the time writing this review)

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  6. Snerdey
    1.7y ago

    Whoa! Did not expect such from Cloudflare. For clients that have WordPress and Cloudflare the offer is $5 / mth to connect to the platflorm for the WordPress Optimization. Once you pay, your directed to download the plugin… only then would you notice the plugin is not updated!! If you’re going to offer a service, support it! Using outdated plugins is like leaving your windows open while on vacation, it’s not secure and warnings showing. As technology moves forward so should your product or service. This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Snerdey. This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Snerdey. This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Snerdey. This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Snerdey.

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  7. ekmantime
    1.7y ago

    Have used the plugin for some time now, seems to be working well. Hasn’t caused me any troubles, doesn’t think about it. Good.

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  8. Generosus
    2.0y ago

    Bummer! This plugin has great potential. Unfortunately, it appears to be abandoned by Cloudflare. No support, no maintenance, no new features added in a long time, and is not keeping up with the latest releases of WordPress.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. 2026-07-13 Version 4.14.4 Fixed Guard against non-string parse_url result in pathIsNotForFeeds. Added Unit tests for Hooks.php covering private helpers, purgeCacheByRelevantURLs, isEnabled methods, getPostRelatedLinks, and cache purge event handl 4.14.4
  2. 2026-05-12 Version 4.14.3 Fixed * FQCN references are now correctly rewritten by update-namespaces.php during build. * Fixed double pipes typo after ttf in htaccess. * Recognize new cfk_/cfut_/cfat_ credential formats * Apply settings fail-fast w 4.14.3
  3. 2025-12-22 Version 4.14.2 Fixed Set correct type for $logger parameter in deprecated CF\WordPress\Datastore constructor. Changed Removed contructor parameter types from deprecated CF\Integration\DefaultIntegration to prevent outdated integration 4.14.2
  4. 2025-12-19 Version 4.14.1 Fixed Fixed classmap autoloading for deprecated classes in release builds issue. Solving conflicts with plugins that directly use deprecated namespace. Add IntlUtil helper class to fix symfony polyfill-intl loading; incl 4.14.1
  5. 2025-12-18 Version 4.14.0 Added Add PHP-Scoper build system for vendor namespace prefixing. Changed Tested with WordPress 6.9 release and bumped “Tested up to” up to 6.9.0. Deprecated Namespace CF in favor of Cloudfare\APO, to resolve and prevent 4.14.0
  6. 2025-10-21 Version 4.13.0 Changed Bumping required PHP version to 7.4 and updating relevant code to support this change. Upgraded symfony/yaml dependency to ^5.4 Update various meta information. 4.13.0

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2024-01-04 CVE-2024-0212 Missing Authorization Affects <= 4.12.2 Patched in 4.12.3
  2. 2016-03-28 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.3.21 Patched in 1.3.21

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 Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

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 16 languages, 16 at 90% or more

Czech 100%
Dutch 100%
Dutch (Belgium) 100%
Dutch (Formal) 100%
English (UK) 100%
German 100%
German (Formal) 100%
Lao 100%
Persian 100%
Russian 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Mexico) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Swedish 100%
Turkish 100%
Ukrainian 100%

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

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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