GD Security Headers: stats, alternatives & is it maintained?

Maintenance check

Is GD Security Headers still maintained?

Mostly - but at least one sign below is worth checking before you rely on it.

Updated recently. The last release was 6 months ago.
Slightly behind on testing. Tested up to 7.0.8, while current plugins are tested on 7.1.

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GD Security Headers alternatives

The most-installed plugins doing the same job, from Firewall & Site Security. GD Security Headers itself ranks #109 of 205. How plugins are grouped.

#1

Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

wordfence 5M installs · 4.7 stars #2

Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

really-simple-ssl 3M installs · 4.9 stars #2

Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention

limit-login-attempts-reloaded 1M installs · 4.8 stars

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Standing

More installed than 85.6% of the directory

Ahead of 40,835 of the 47,729 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

85.6% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count

40,835 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one

6,893 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band

How to read that

The directory rounds install counts hard and publishes them as bands, so two plugins showing the same number are not necessarily level. The percentile is computed over the plugins that report a count at all, which excludes the quarter of the directory sitting on the reporting floor.

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