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BulletProof Security
A sturdy shield that occasionally trips over your backup plugins.
HealthyGrowing
92/100
It provides excellent free security features and responsive support despite a learning curve and some backup conflicts.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.8★
674 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+38%
Growing fast
200 → 277 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +38% in the last year
200/day a year ago→277/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayBulletProof Security is a well-regarded, long-standing WordPress security plugin praised for its performance and responsive support, though it carries a learning curve and has a known compatibility issue with UpdraftPlus scheduled backups.
What people like
- +Responsive and helpful developer/support, including on the free version×4
- +Consolidates multiple security needs into one plugin×2
- +Performs faster than comparable security plugins without sacrificing protection
- +Long-term reliability reported over years of use without security incidents
- +Pro version offers a capable firewall and is considered good value
Common complaints
- −Compatibility conflict with UpdraftPlus: scheduled backups stop working when BulletProof Security is active
- −Noticeable learning curve to get the most out of the plugin
- −Not effective as a remediation tool for websites that are already compromised
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.93★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 20%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 674 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-02-28★★★★★Хороший плагинandrey2325251-shot
- 2025-08-03★★★★★toplorybart1-shot
- 2025-06-27★★★★★FrustratingNiresh Shrestha
- 2025-05-23★★★★★Excellent pluginelanaborth
- 2025-04-28★★★★★Great Plugin – saved my siteccal00881-shot
- 2025-04-04★★★★★Excelente!afgsistemas
- 2025-03-11★★★★★Simply Awesome!Ocala Website Designs
- 2025-02-05★★★★★Works great but clashes with updraftpluschrisnoble
- 2025-02-03★★★★★Good plugintitdav62
- 2025-02-03★★★★★Top Notch Securitykatgil1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to BulletProof Security
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
279
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
282
Prior 7-day baseline
249
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
611
Mean release-day peak (30d)
276
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-1.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.04
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
20%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.94 → 4.93★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered