WP WAF
by guelfoweb · Security
WordPress Application Firewall. Protects against current and future attacks.
43 health vs 63 average across 665 Security 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4783 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
21
now · peak 54
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,362 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-19 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-16 10+ → 20+ up after 118 days in tier
- 2025-07-21 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-19 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-18 20+ → 10+ down after 693 days in tier
- 2023-08-25 30+ → 20+ down after 106 days in tier
- 2023-05-11 20+ → 30+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-05-05 30+ → 20+ down after 162 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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WEDOS | Protection & Cache Performance 800+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
BitFire Security – Firewall, Malware Scanner, Bot Blocker, Login Protection 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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