Content Freeze
by Tom Greenwood · Admin & Utilities
The Content Freeze plugin allows an admin to 'lock' all content on the site to prevent the site being edited.
70 health vs 61 average across 1,038 Admin & Utilities 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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
296
now · peak 955
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 322 days.
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
- 2026-02-08 100+ → 200+ up after 11 days in band
- 2026-01-28 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-26 100+ → 200+ up after 79 days in band
- 2025-11-08 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-06 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-11-02 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-01 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-31 200+ → 100+ down after 21 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Backup Migration 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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