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DesignLock

by dakshu007 · Admin & Utilities

Freeze your design system. Get alerted the moment a plugin update, theme change, or client edit breaks your brand.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
79 Health · B
Maintenance 90/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

79 health vs 54 average across 3,792 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.

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 2026-03-17 · 168 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-40% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

33

now · peak 84

3330d downloads · Sep 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

DesignLock · #53248 you WP Updates Notifier · #1044 Maintenance Redirect · #1949 Generate Child Theme · #2262

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.

1

releases in the last 12 months

6mo ago

latest release · v1.0.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.0 · 6mo ago

Estimated active installs

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

modeled estimate
0–0 ≈0

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

Install history · since 2026-03-19 · 133 observations

0Installs · Sep 26

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
6mo ago
Added
2026-03-17
Requires WP
5.9
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 1 reviews to 2026-04-27
Positive Praise

The single reviewer here is happy, calling out Client Lock Mode for locking brand colors and fonts before a handover while leaving the rest editable.

Recent reviews

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  1. jameskart
    4mo ago

    The Client Lock Mode is brilliant. I locked brand colors and fonts before handing over. The client can customize everything else but not what matters. Yeah it’s new plugin just try..that’s it.

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Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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DesignLock: — active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/designlock