68
Jetpack Protect
Great scanning until the security gets a little too enthusiastic for its own good
HealthyDeclining
68/100
While the vulnerability scans are useful, reliability issues like false alerts and user lockouts cause significant frustration.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.7★
120 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-34%
Declining fast
869 → 570 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 34% 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 · -34% in the last year
869/day a year ago→570/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayJetpack Protect is generally regarded as a straightforward, easy-to-use security plugin, but some users report significant reliability issues including false downtime alerts and being locked out of their own sites.
What people like
- +Easy to use and understand, with a clear data review interface×3
- +Considered a reliable security staple by regular users×2
- +Mobile app integration praised
Common complaints
- −Users repeatedly locked out of their own site despite adding their IP to the safe list
- −Downtime/uptime alerts reported as inaccurate or false positives×2
- −Constant false down/up notifications described as disruptive
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.52★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 17%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 · 120 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-03-10★★★★★supervelkyrudolf
- 2026-02-23★★★★★ExcellenthalKAhalKI
- 2025-12-25★★★★★Советую! Хорошо улучшает скорость!vladimir9669
- 2025-12-13★★★★★Its crapjonlloyd
- 2025-09-03★★★★★goodgs1075
- 2025-08-27★★★★★UsefulMutaz Awad1-shot
- 2025-02-26★★★★★Over reactive protection is not greatJ Dodge
- 2025-02-21★★★★★problemsvideobuff
- 2025-02-15★★★★★Easy to usecrycolors
- 2025-01-11★★★★★Cool – very usefulingovogelsang
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.
538
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
566
Prior 7-day baseline
397
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,520
Mean release-day peak (30d)
574
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-4.9%
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.
10%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.05
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
86%
5★ share in analyzed sample
17%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.54 → 4.52★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered