Shield Security: stats, alternatives & is it maintained?

Maintenance check

Is Shield Security still maintained?

Yes - by every measure the directory publishes, it is actively maintained.

Updated recently. The last release was 1 week ago.
Tested with current WordPress. Tested up to 7.2; most actively maintained plugins are tested on 7.1.
Well rated. 4.8 out of 5 from 1,039 ratings.

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Shield Security alternatives

The most-installed plugins doing the same job, from Firewall & Site Security. Shield Security itself ranks #38 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 – Brute Force Protection, 2FA, Firewall & Login Security

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

See all 205 Firewall & Site Security plugins, ranked

Standing

More installed than 97.7% of the directory

Ahead of 46,653 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

97.7% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count

46,653 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one

1,080 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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