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TOP 3 ALTERNATIVES — RANKED
Three you should evaluate first.
Filtered from 1 candidates by feature similarity, audit score, and review velocity. The hero treatment is editorial — these earned more space because the data did.
Gauntlet Security
exploit#1TOP PICK
5.008 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're surveying the marketplace
Widely used on this marketplace — not a like-for-like swap. AppRanks found no app sharing WP-Sentinel's category, so this is not a replacement for it — it is a widely-used exploit option shown for market context. Compare it against your own requirements rather than as a swap.
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON
WP-Sentinel versus the top 3.
Five rows, all loaded above the fold. Wins are highlighted; nothing's hidden behind a tab.
YOU'RE LEAVING  WP-Sentinel #1 in Apps | TOP PICK Gauntlet Security |
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How these alternatives are ranked
Scored daily. Three signals, weighted and blended. No vendor money changes anything.
45%Feature similarity
N-gram match against WP-Sentinel's feature signature, weighted by category overlap.
35%Audit + rating
Listing quality (0–100) blended with rolling 90-day rating average. Penalizes thin listings.
20%Review velocity
Reviews added in trailing 30 days, normalized by category baseline. Surfaces rising challengers.
Every WordPress alternative on this page is scraped, normalized, and re-scored every 24 hours. We don't accept paid placement, vendor-funded "best of" content, or sponsored ranking — and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself. If a vendor disagrees with their position, that's between them and the data.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Answers built from the data.
Built from the same scores the ranking uses — so they won't contradict the table.
For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Gauntlet Security is in the unknown band (—), while WP-Sentinel is unknown (—). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.
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