Prevent Brute Force Login
by ervannur · Login & Users
Limit the number of login attempts by ip address.
41 health vs 59 average across 1,101 Login & Users plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2365 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
50
now · peak 149
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
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
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WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP fail2ban – Advanced Security 60K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
XO Security 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
IP Geo Block 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - P Protection Against DDoS 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Melapress Login Security 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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