WP Scanner – Performance and Security
by A5hleyRich · Performance
Scan your WordPress site and receive recommendations on how to improve load time, performance and security.
45 health vs 75 average across 305 Performance 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 3701 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
28
now · peak 74
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-31 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in band
- 2026-03-26 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-23 50+ → 40+ down after 13 days in band
- 2026-03-10 40+ → 50+ up after 17 days in band
- 2026-02-21 50+ → 40+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-02-15 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-02-09 50+ → 40+ down after 283 days in band
- 2025-05-02 60+ → 50+ down after 78 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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Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth 3M+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
ManageWP Worker 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Jetpack Protect 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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