Project Force Field
by Faison · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 8.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Save your WordPress sites and servers from certain death during brute force attacks with Project Force Field by Orion Group!
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
20+
≈25 estimated
Momentum
-50%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “apache”, “brute force” and “brute force attack” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,764 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 3.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4556 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.9.40; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 16 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4556 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| modrewrite your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| apache your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| brute force your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| brute force attack your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| brute force protection your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “apache”, “brute force” and “brute force attack” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 65 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
12.5y ago
latest release · v0.6.1 · 13 May 2014
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 3 Jun 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Stefano11.0y ago
Great Job, i haven’t seen any problems yet on 4.3.1
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Li-An11.7y ago
Works nicely but no update for 10 monthes. So only 4 stars. Much more “intelligent” compared to classical “anti brute force attack” plugins.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Venutius12.1y ago
I installed this last night and since then not a single one dubious login attempt. I was getting three or four an hour.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ James Esteban12.3y ago
I couldn’t log out. I tried deleting my cookies and then I couldn’t log in. It’s too bad I was looking forward to a simple solution. Maybe I’ll try again later.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ master41216012.4y ago
May the force be with you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ KevinABarnes12.5y ago
This plugin is a great solution to what continues to be an increasingly irritating issue for webmasters and server admins. I’m installing this plugin on all of the WordPress sites I manage. Thanks for your great work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ x12.5y ago
This security plugin blocks around 99.9% of brute force attacks for me. Just yesterday alone we counted that it blocked 5683 attempts on one of our servers that day.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bradford12.5y ago
Great solution to a growing problem!
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("ideal for", "if you want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,070 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "brute force protection", "modrewrite" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-03-09 30+ → 20+ down after 295 days in tier
- 2024-05-18 40+ → 30+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2024-04-30 30+ → 40+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2024-03-24 40+ → 30+ down after 456 days in tier
- 2022-12-24 50+ → 40+ down after 81 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 60+ → 50+ down after 196 days in tier
- 2022-03-22 100+ → 60+ down after 873 days in tier
- 2019-10-31 600+ → 100+ down
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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BruteGuard – Brute Force Login Protection 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Anti-Brute Force, Login Fraud Detector WordPress plugin 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Redirection 2M+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection 700K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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