Radical
by Carlos Martinez · Security
Use Radical to block spam comments
41 health vs 64 average across 581 Security plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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 1659 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
52
now · peak 175
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 “10+”. 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
- 2025-12-28 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-12-21 10+ → 20+ up after 30 days in band
- 2025-11-21 20+ → 10+ down after 64 days in band
- 2025-09-18 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-17 20+ → 10+ down after 843 days in band
- 2023-05-28 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-05-27 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in band
- 2023-05-19 10+ → 20+ up after 5 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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Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
CloudSecure WP Security 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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