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by invisnet · Security

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WP fail2ban Blocklist is a collaborative preemptive blocklist for WordPress.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
63 Health · C
Maintenance 48/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

63 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins

3K+

Active installs

≈3.4K estimated

29.2K

Total downloads

since 2022

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+15%

578

Downloads · 30d

category median +15%

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.

72 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 56/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 484 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+15% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

578

now · peak 3.3K

59130d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP fail2ban Blocklis · #3714 you WP fail2ban · #635 Stop User Enumeratio · #712 WP Fail2Ban Redux · #2563

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.

197per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.3y ago

latest release · v2.2.2

13

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.2.2 · 1.3y ago2.2.1 · 2.0y ago2.2.0 · 3.5y ago2.1.1 · 3.8y ago2.1.0 · 4.2y ago2.0.1 · 4.2y ago2.0.0 · 4.2y ago1.1.2 · 4.4y ago1.1.1 · 4.4y ago1.1.0 · 4.5y ago1.0.2 · 4.5y ago1.0.1 · 4.5y ago1.0.0 · 4.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.4K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,421 observations

3KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
2.2.2
Last updated
1.3y ago
Added
2022-02-27 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
4.9
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.4
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 2.2.2 Fix issue with parsing jails which use journald. Fix harmless warning with PHP 8.3. Fix documentation links in Site Health checks. 2.2.2
  2. — Version 2.2.1 Fix issue with opting into Freemius (h/t @Nyanchovy). Fix Site Health passing test reported as failing (h/t @Patmos). Improve debug code. 2.2.1
  3. — Version 2.2.0 Add WP_FAIL2BAN_ADDON_BLOCKLIST_DEBUG . Add WP_FAIL2BAN_ADDON_BLOCKLIST_DEBUG_TRY_ALL_KEYS . Improve i18n. 2.2.0
  4. — Version 2.1.1 Fix harmless warning with PHP 8.1. Compatibility changes for upcoming WPf2b release. 2.1.1
  5. — Version 2.1.0 Add Site Health checks. Fix REST authentication issue (CORS headers) with some web servers. 2.1.0
  6. — Version 2.0.1 Fix harmless warning in dashboard widget; appears only before first polling. Fix REST authentication when both free and premium installed. Fix help links. 2.0.1

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-13 4K+ → 3K+ down after 3 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-10 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-09 4K+ → 3K+ down after 3 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-06 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 699 days in tier
  6. 2024-07-06 3K+ → 4K+ up after 8 days in tier
  7. 2024-06-28 4K+ → 3K+ down after 5 days in tier
  8. 2024-06-23 3K+ → 4K+ up after 191 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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