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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.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
77 Health · B
Maintenance 82/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

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.

86 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 92/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-53% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

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

Dessky Security · #18946 NETSENSAI Shield · #6336 Wordfence Security · #11 Hostinger Tools · #20

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.

tracked estimate
60–70 ≈66

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-06 · 1,375 observations

Details

Version
1.3
Last updated
8mo ago
Added
2015-10-20 · 10 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.2
Tested up to
6.9.4
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-27 70+ → 60+ down after 12 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-15 60+ → 70+ up after 23 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-23 90+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-22 100+ → 90+ down after 179 days in tier
  5. 2025-11-24 80+ → 100+ up after 50 days in tier
  6. 2025-10-05 90+ → 80+ down after 19 days in tier
  7. 2025-09-16 80+ → 90+ up after 20 days in tier
  8. 2025-08-27 70+ → 80+ up after 7 days in tier

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Dessky Security: 60+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dessky-security