WP Hardening (discontinued)
by WebProtect.ai · Uncategorized
The WP Hardening is a one-click tool to fix standard security recommendations on your WordPress website.
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Health
C 59/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
10K+
≈15K estimated
Momentum
+28%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 31/100. Last updated 780 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
59 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 135.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
36/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 780 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 20 reviews, smoothed to 4.07★ and held back under 25 reviews
1 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 780 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| discontinued your tag | #17 | #16 | down 4 |
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 12.8K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.1y ago
latest release · v1.2.8 · 13 Sep 2024
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Dec 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.2.8). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.1 WP Hardening – Fix Your WordPress Security <= 1.2.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2021-06-07 CVE-2021-24372 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.1 Patched in 1.2.2
- Patched Medium · 6.1 WP Hardening – Fix Your WordPress Security <= 1.2.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2021-06-07 CVE-2021-24373 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 1.2.2 Patched in 1.2.2
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
6 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 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 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 WPML, REST API.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,153 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 1 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-01-25 20K+ → 10K+ down after 361 days in tier
- 2024-01-30 10K+ → 20K+ up after 532 days in tier
- 2022-08-16 9K+ → 10K+ up after 72 days in tier
- 2022-06-05 8K+ → 9K+ up after 77 days in tier
- 2022-03-20 7K+ → 8K+ up after 51 days in tier
- 2022-01-28 5K+ → 7K+ up after 178 days in tier
- 2021-08-03 4K+ → 5K+ up after 154 days in tier
- 2021-03-02 3K+ → 4K+ up after 124 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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