Filtered HTML for Editors vs Limit Login Attempts
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Limit Login Attempts ranks #199 on the popular list; Filtered HTML for Editors is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Limit Login Attempts has the largest install base, roughly 30000× the next: 300K+ active installs against 10+ for Filtered HTML for Editors. Downloads this week: Limit Login Attempts 1,109 and Filtered HTML for Editors 16.
| Metric | Filtered HTML for Editors | Limit Login Attempts |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | outside top 500 | #199 ▬ |
| Active installs | 10+ | 300K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 16 | 1,109 |
| Rating | no ratings | 4.6★ (202) |
| Last updated | Dec 31, 2010 | Apr 4, 2023 |
| Current version | 1.0 | 1.7.2 |
| Best rank on record | #30,967 | #192 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Dec 2010 | Jan 2009 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Filtered HTML for Editors or Limit Login Attempts?
By active installs, Limit Login Attempts: 300K+ sites run it against 10+ for Filtered HTML for Editors, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 19, 2026.
Are Filtered HTML for Editors or Limit Login Attempts alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.