User Agent Blocker
by Adhitya Rachman · Blocks
Block robots using it's User-Agent in .htaccess
41 health vs 68 average across 1,137 Blocks plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, well behind 6.8.
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 2604 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
40
now · peak 92
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2026-05-31 60+ → 70+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2026-05-10 70+ → 60+ down after 129 days in tier
- 2026-01-01 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-31 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-30 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-12-26 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-24 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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PDF Embedder 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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