IP Address Approval
by IP Address Approval · Security
The IP Address Approval system provides an easy way for you to Allow or Block access to your website to protect your site from unwanted visitors.
66 health vs 71 average across 292 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.
Well optimized
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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
49
now · peak 321
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-10 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-09 100+ → 90+ down after 292 days in band
- 2024-05-21 90+ → 100+ up after 11 days in band
- 2024-05-10 100+ → 90+ down after 96 days in band
- 2024-02-04 90+ → 100+ up after 53 days in band
- 2023-12-13 100+ → 90+ down after 10 days in band
- 2023-12-03 90+ → 100+ up after 7 days in band
- 2023-11-26 100+ → 90+ down after 11 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Forget Spam Comment 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
HTACCESS IP Blocker 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
CrowdSec 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Geo Redirect 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Geo Controller 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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