Login Delay Shield
by michael.damoiseau · Login & Users
Login Delay Shield slows down brute-force attacks by adding a configurable delay to failed login attempts while keeping successful logins instant.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈71 estimated
Momentum
+57%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “brute force” for “delay”. “brute force” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “delay” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 61 average across 2,204 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 5.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,477 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users 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 19 releases 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 33 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| delay | #5 | #21 | 0 |
| xmlrpc your tag | #17 | #17 | down 1 |
| lockout your tag | #23 | #23 | 0 |
| magic login | #24 | #21 | down 1 |
| brute force your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
41 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 37 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “brute force” for “delay”. “brute force” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “delay” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 573 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
19
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v2.7.0 · 29 Sep 2026
25
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 70.
Install history since 30 Nov 2015
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
5 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 22 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 22 of 22 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Cloudflare, WP-CLI.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,626 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Brute Force", "xmlrpc" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-10 60+ → 70+ up after 50 days in tier
- 2026-08-21 50+ → 60+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 60+ → 50+ down after 33 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 50+ → 60+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-06-30 80+ → 50+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-25 60+ → 70+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-06-19 70+ → 60+ down after 4 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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Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP fail2ban – Advanced Security 60K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
XO Security 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
IP Geo Block 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
Stop XML-RPC Attacks 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A - P Protection Against DDoS 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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