Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins… vs WPScan – WordPress Security Scanner (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins…
40K+ active installs
Free
WPScan – WordPress Security Scanner
9.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins… has a higher user rating (4.9/5 from 61 reviews) and leads in active installations (40K+ vs 9.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins… has accumulated 563K+ total downloads while WPScan – WordPress Security Scanner has 267K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins… | WPScan – WordPress Security Scanner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.9/5 | ◄ | 3.8/5 |
| Total Reviews | 61 | ◄ | 28 |
| Active Installs | 40K+ | ◄ | 9.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 563K+ | ◄ | 267K+ |
| Support Resolution | 0% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 2 months ago | ► | 2 months ago |
| First Released | 2021 | 2019 | |
| Age | 5 years | 7 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.4+ | 3.4+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.6+ | 5.5+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 2.3.5 | 1.16 |
Rating Breakdown
Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins…
WPScan – WordPress Security Scanner
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins… averaged approximately 418 daily downloads while WPScan – WordPress Security Scanner averaged 44.
Recent Reviews
Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins… Reviews
Helpful Outreach from Triage
Originally this was a 1 star review but triage team turned it around. Patchstack published CVE-2025-57923 and did not respond for a couple weeks while we actively tried to respond to a purported vulne
Smart extra layer of protection for WordPress
Patchstack has been a great tool for keeping my WordPress sites secure. I really like the early vulnerability alerts and the virtual patching feature—it gives me peace of mind knowing that known issue
Best support
Was talking to their AI support and it automatically switched to human who solved my issue by herself. Never saw this ! perfect support, perfect tool for security combined with CF
WPScan – WordPress Security Scanner Reviews
Garbage now
complete garbage now, used to be amazing now they basically force you to use jetpack. No replies trying to get enterprise license, another great product (used to be) that automattic has killed and us
Good but lacking info
There’s an issue that keeps appearing but no information about why or what to do about it.
Jetpack Protect is not an alternative
In the past this was a very good way to check, if you have vulnerable Plugins/Themes, but with Jetpack you didn’t get notifications, only if you pay the expensive plans ;-(There are other plugins, whi
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