Site Add-on Watchdog
by aaronhsieh · Security
Monitor installed plugins for security notices, outdated releases, and WPScan disclosures without leaking your site's plugin inventory.
75 health vs 66 average across 437 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.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-12-22 · 207 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 107
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 133 days.
Install history · since 2025-12-22 · 197 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-16 10+ → 20+ up after 39 days in band
- 2026-02-05 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Modular DS: Monitor, update, and backup multiple websites 40K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Fingerprint 9K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Hostinger Tools 3M+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) 3M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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