WP Maltor
by David Merinas · Blocks
This plugin blocks traffic from malicious IP and Tor Network
45 health vs 68 average across 1,168 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3745 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
45
now · peak 163
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-02 40+ → 30+ down after 158 days in tier
- 2025-06-27 30+ → 40+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2025-06-13 40+ → 30+ down after 75 days in tier
- 2025-03-30 50+ → 40+ down after 105 days in tier
- 2024-12-15 60+ → 50+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2024-12-04 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-12-01 60+ → 50+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2024-11-16 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- V VigilanTor 400+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
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Tor Blocker by Inazo 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D - G Game Dev Quotes 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D
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Code Scanner 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D - C Comment Ban Manager 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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