Escape Button
by ourwave · Security
We developed the Our Wave Escape Button (available in the bottom right of our website) to help protect our users in unsafe situations.
52 health vs 66 average across 466 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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 680 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
29
now · peak 75
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 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-16 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-15 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-13 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-12 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-06-08 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-07 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-05 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-04 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
Competes with
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