Dessky Security
by dessky · Security
Dessky Security is the ultralight plugin for basic Security Hardening. It is specially designed not to drain any resources from your website.
77 health vs 63 average across 703 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.
Excellent listing optimization
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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
26
now · peak 122
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-06 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 70+ → 60+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-15 60+ → 70+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 90+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 100+ → 90+ down after 179 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 80+ → 100+ up after 50 days in tier
- 2025-10-05 90+ → 80+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2025-09-16 80+ → 90+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2025-08-27 70+ → 80+ up after 7 days in tier
Competes with
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Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth 3M+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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