Htaccess by BestWebSoft – WordPress Website Access Control Plugin
by bestwebsoft · Blocks
Also makes 16 other plugins · 205.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Protect WordPress website – allow and deny access for certain IP addresses, hostnames, etc.
81 health vs 67 average across 1,682 Blocks 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 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
167
now · peak 600
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.8.9
34
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-19 · 1,389 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. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ gently1119.9y ago
Very helpful tool, like it so much Thnx 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mike V. Gorbunov10.9y ago
sorry, guys, but only 3 stars. the plugin works as it should, but it has 10% of functionality needed. please take WP htaccess Control as an example, which is free, btw.
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- Medium · 6.1 Htaccess by BestWebSoft – WordPress Website Access Control Plugin <= 1.7.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2017-04-14 CVE-2017-18496 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.7.6 Patched in 1.7.6
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 118 languages, 2 at 90% or more
Plus 94 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-15 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-07-12 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 400+ → 300+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-06-30 300+ → 400+ up after 56 days in tier
- 2026-05-05 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-04 300+ → 400+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 400+ → 300+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 300+ → 400+ up after 16 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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User Role Editor 700K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Remove Dashboard Access 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
User Access Manager 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
PublishPress Permissions: Control User Access for Posts, Pages, Categories, Tags 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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