QueryWall: Plug'n Play Firewall
by 4ley · Blocks
Autopilot protection for your WordPress against malicious URL requests.
48 health vs 72 average across 713 Blocks 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, 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 2824 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
75
now · peak 169
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-20 300+ → 200+ down after 431 days in band
- 2024-11-15 400+ → 300+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-11-11 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in band
- 2024-11-06 400+ → 300+ down after 332 days in band
- 2023-12-10 500+ → 400+ down after 6 days in band
- 2023-12-04 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-12-02 500+ → 400+ down after 212 days in band
- 2023-05-04 600+ → 500+ down after 2 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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Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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