Selective Image Guard | A deterrent for unauthorized downloads and scraping
by Jose Mortellaro · Security
Also makes 57 other plugins · 25.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Protect your images from unauthorized downloads and scraping.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈130 estimated
Momentum
+77%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “content protection”, “image protection” and “photography” 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.
83 health vs 66 average across 1,776 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.8%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 2.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,059 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 30 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| anti scraping your tag | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| scraping | #2 | #17 | down 1 |
| guard | #9 | #18 | down 1 |
| anti theft content | #4 | #6 | down 1 |
| page guard | #10 | #19 | up 2 |
| content protection your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image protection your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| photography your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
46 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 41 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “content protection”, “image protection” and “photography” 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.
- Already on top for “scraping”. #2 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Aug 2025 · 452 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 499 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v2.1.4 · 21 May 2026
35
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 35% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 730 days.
Install history since 18 Aug 2025
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Protect your images from unauthorized downloads and scraping."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("ideal for", "who want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,470 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "anti-scraping", "content-protection" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-26 90+ → 100+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2026-05-31 80+ → 90+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2026-05-06 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-03 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-02 70+ → 80+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-25 80+ → 70+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 70+ → 80+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 60+ → 70+ up after 19 days in tier
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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WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Disabled Source, Disabled Right Click and Content Protection 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP-Copyright-Protection 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Ultimate Watermark – Image Watermark, Image Protection & Bulk Watermarking 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B - W WP Copy Content Protection 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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