Project Force Field
by Faison · Uncategorized
Save your WordPress sites and servers from certain death during brute force attacks with Project Force Field by Orion Group!
48 health vs 65 average across 4,085 Uncategorized 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 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.
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 4448 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
23
now · peak 65
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 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-09 30+ → 20+ down after 295 days in band
- 2024-05-18 40+ → 30+ down after 18 days in band
- 2024-04-30 30+ → 40+ up after 37 days in band
- 2024-03-24 40+ → 30+ down after 456 days in band
- 2022-12-24 50+ → 40+ down
Competes with
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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 A -
Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
CloudSecure WP Security 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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