DesignLock
by Dakshesh B · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · — installs across the portfolio →
Freeze your design system. Get alerted the moment a plugin update, theme change, or client edit breaks your brand.
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Health
B 76/100
Few reviews
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
+28%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “design”, “developer” and “maintenance” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
76 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2026-04-27The single reviewer here is happy, calling out Client Lock Mode for locking brand colors and fonts before a handover while leaving the rest editable.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 228 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| design your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| developer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| maintenance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| monitor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| theme your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “design”, “developer” and “maintenance” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 20 Mar 2026 · 226 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 84 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #49,700 to #68,000, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow 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
8mo ago
latest release · v1.0.0 · 17 Mar 2026
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 19 Mar 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jameskart6mo 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.
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Freeze your design system. Get alerted the moment a plugin update, theme change, or client edit breaks your..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "built for", "who want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,932 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "maintenance" does not.
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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Maintenance Redirect 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Generate Child Theme 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Maintenance Mode 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Quick Child Theme Generator 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Theme Inspector 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - S Simple customize 70+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
Embed this report card
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/designlock" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="DesignLock — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> DesignLock: no active install count reported, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/designlock
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