IP Ban
by w3prodigy · Privacy & Consent
Returns 'Page Not Found' 404 error message for IP's visiting your blog specified in the IP Ban option on the Discussion Options page.
41 health vs 66 average across 337 Privacy & Consent 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5737 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
53
now · peak 154
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-31 100+ → 90+ down after 79 days in tier
- 2025-08-13 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-12 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-08-09 90+ → 100+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2025-07-10 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Protect My Infos 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Compliance by Hu-manity.co 900K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A
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