Hide WP
39 health vs 64 average across 997 Security 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3824 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
80
now · peak 166
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-05-26 · 1,383 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ breakused7.5y ago
this plugin breaks your website
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tomaszgabara56779.5y ago
A big round of applause for the author, a very useful thing, that I was looking for! I just checked and it had the latest version of WordPress 4.7.2. I hope that the author does not cease to develop this project 🙂 //For all those that evaluate to 1 star and write so that you do not use it, just write so much, learn to first be programmed and read the instructions it something you use and keep your good habits that before installing anything gets BACKUP page and database with pma, it will avoid many unpleasant things. Greetings and all the best for the author.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anzawi9.8y ago
its Ruined Theme style
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Wasiul Alam Biswas9.9y ago
After installation I changed settings of login urls, when I save it redirects me to out of dashboard. no cant login with default url and doesnt work with changed url too.. I delete the plugin from cpanel but fall in more trouble.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Miguel Sirvent10.3y ago
It is still missing some features but complete enough to be used on production well done.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ m4gz10.3y ago
Awesome plugin! MUST have everyone. Good spam bot protection also, by changing urls. Works great, dont slow down website. 5 STARS!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ diederxl10.5y ago
i know what you’re thinking… don’t. if you want to save yourself time and trouble to restore your database / site, do not use this plugin because it doesn’t work properly. if you’re one of the “why should i listen people i’m going to use it anyway”: backup
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Revaz Eristavi10.5y ago
I must say that this plugin is a must have plugin for the security and protection of your sites identity. Have no idea why other users couldn’t install it properly but I tried all the hypes and all the holes. it has no problems at all. Code is clean and htaccess file works just fine. Maybe we could help translating for better English though. 🙂 But hey.. It is perfectly working plugin.
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-07-31 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-30 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-29 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-28 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-07-23 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
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Zero Spam for WordPress 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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