Security Hardener
by Marc Armengou · Security
Basic hardening: secure headers, login honeypot, user enumeration blocking, generic login errors, rate limiting, and more.
80 health vs 72 average across 273 Security plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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Since 2025-11-03 · 256 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
93
now · peak 623
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.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 118 days.
Install history · since 2025-11-04 · 252 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-12 100+ → 200+ up after 157 days in band
- 2025-11-06 — → 100+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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CloudSecure WP Security 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP fail2ban – Advanced Security 60K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP Hide & Security Enhancer 50K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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