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Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
A Swiss Army knife that might be too heavy for your site.
HealthyDeclining
71/100
It provides useful tools but many users find the plugin heavy on resources.
Active installs
~3.5 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 3.0M+
Rating
3.8★
2,404 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-26%
Declining fast
31,712 → 23,482 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 26% vs a year ago
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
Declining fast · -26% in the last year
31,712/day a year ago→23,482/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayJetpack is a broadly useful all-in-one WordPress plugin valued for its stats and security features, but users consistently flag it as heavy and resource-intensive, and a handful report more serious issues like site breakage and connectivity problems.
What people like
- +Stats and security features are well-regarded and considered genuinely useful×6
- +Consolidates many site management tools (security, backups, performance) into a single plugin×6
- +Generally reliable and useful for day-to-day site management×4
Common complaints
- −Plugin feels heavy and can slow down sites, with multiple users wishing for better optimization or lighter modules×6
- −Requires linking a WordPress.com account just to get started, which users find annoying
- −Compatibility issues reported with at least one plugin (EventOn)
- −Uninstalling the plugin broke a user's website design
- −Reconnection issues reported, with the plugin failing to run sites properly
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.09★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.80★
- 16%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-06-092025-12-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 2,404 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Runs My Site Smoothmaria52
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Vijayapathaeditordev
- 2026-05-30★★★★★very goodavrentzos1-shot
- 2026-05-28★★★★★Worth the Setupleighton30
- 2026-05-26★★★★★Good OverallLuke
- 2026-05-25★★★★★badJIMMY J LOPEZ GARCIA
- 2026-05-22★★★★★One Plugin Armyaubree75
- 2026-05-17★★★★★Solid All-in-Onetammy65
- 2026-05-08★★★★★Solid but bloatedhakeemstone
- 2026-05-07★★★★★Great Features but Can Feel Heavy at TimesGet Homeservice Quotes
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
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.
20,263
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
35,847
Prior 7-day baseline
20,738
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
57,990
Mean release-day peak (30d)
22,164
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-43.5%
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.
12%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.43
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
59%
5★ share in analyzed sample
16%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+54%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.13 → 4.09★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered