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RankShield — Ranking & Ad-Spend Attack Protection

Name: RankShield — Ranking & Ad-Spend Attack Protection
Author: rankshield

Protect your Google rankings and ad budget from bot-driven CTR manipulation, sitemap-sweep attacks, and pay-per-click ad fraud.

RankShield ranks #24,162 among WordPress.org plugins with 30+ active installations, is #1,434 of 5,058 in the Security category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Sep 16, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1.4)

v2.18.1 Current Version v2.18.1

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 16 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#1,434 of 5,058 in Security Top 50% by installs Downloads -21.2% this week

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Active Installs

30+

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KW Avg Position

78.3

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Downloads

1.7K

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Next Milestone 40

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.18.1
Last Updated: Sep 16, 2026
Requires WP: 5.8+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: rankshield

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Reviews: 0
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about RankShield — Ranking & Ad-Spend Attack Protection

No — the plugin is free to install and use as a full monitoring console: it detects ranking attacks, ad click-fraud, and AI-agent traffic and shows you everything on a live dashboard, and it contributes to the shared RankShield Network. Active blocking is a paid upgrade: the $39/mo Monitoring plan actively challenges bot, sitemap-sweep, and spoofed-AI-agent attacks, and the $99/mo Full Protection plan additionally blocks the datacenter bots clicking your paid ads, unlocks the ready-to-apply Google Ads IP exclusion list, and adds full RankShield Network immunity. You can upgrade in one click from the Plans tab; cancel anytime.

No. RankShield uses a one-second JavaScript challenge instead of hard blocks, never challenges logged-in or already-verified visitors, and never auto-excludes shared/residential networks. Clicks that convert are always treated as real customers.

Yes. The plugin is fully standalone; an optional Cloudflare edge worker is a bonus, not a requirement.

No — and this is the point of RankShield Speed. The firewall inspects every request BEFORE the cache is allowed to answer; challenged visitors never receive cached HTML, and responses for flagged requests are never stored.