ShieldUp – Bad Bots, Scrapers, Attackers
by shieldup · Performance
ShieldUp helps you to tackle bad bots, scrapers, hackers, enhancing website security and optimizing performance for a seamless user experience.
59 health vs 74 average across 329 Performance 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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 607 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 2024-01-23 · 906 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
37
now · peak 127
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2024-01-22 · 903 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-17 70+ → 90+ up after 35 days in band
- 2026-05-13 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-10 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-04 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-02 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-30 80+ → 70+ down after 42 days in band
- 2026-03-19 90+ → 80+ down after 26 days in band
- 2026-02-21 100+ → 90+ down after 1 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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Protect Uploads 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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