Comparison · generated on request
Frenemy vs Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| Frenemy | Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | See every bot that reaches WordPress — search crawlers, AI agents, scrapers, impostors — classified and identity-verified, in one dashboard. | Smart WordPress security that blocks bots automatically, guides you to what matters, and repairs problems — without drowning you in noise. |
| Active installs | fewer than 10 | 30,000+ |
| Rating | — | 4.8★ (1,038) |
| Last release | 2 months ago | 12 days ago |
| Current owner | frenemydev | Paul |
| Added to directory | 18 Jul 2026 | 09 Jul 2013 |
| Tested up to | WP 7.0.4 | WP 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
Install figures are rounded by WordPress.org to one significant digit, so a gap smaller than a band step is not a difference. Nothing here ranks the two plugins or recommends either, and no link on this page earns anything.
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Records: Frenemy · Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning