Ozh' Absolute Comments
by Ozh · Security
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41 health vs 64 average across 549 Security plugins
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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.
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 5608 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
58
now · peak 167
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 “20+”. 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
- 2025-12-04 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-11-28 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-27 30+ → 20+ down after 77 days in band
- 2025-09-11 20+ → 30+ up after 98 days in band
- 2025-06-05 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-05-31 20+ → 30+ up after 47 days in band
- 2025-04-14 30+ → 20+ down after 94 days in band
- 2025-01-10 20+ → 30+ up after 1 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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- M MP Spam Be Gone 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - C Cookies for Comments 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
- T Throws SPAM Away 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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