WordPress plugin comparison

Force Reinstall vs Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager

Force Reinstall

by Richard Muvirimi

2K+ installs4.3

Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager

by Rachel Cherry

300+ installs5.0

At a glance

Force Reinstall has more active installs: 2K+, against 300+ for Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager.
On a typical day, Force Reinstall is downloaded about 17 times, Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager about 4.
Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 5 reviews, against 4.3 from 16 reviews.
Force Reinstall was updated more recently: Dec 26, 2025, against Mar 22, 2015 for Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager.
Force Reinstall is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 4.1.42 for Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager.
Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager has been around longer: since 2014, against 2021 for Force Reinstall.

Force Reinstall leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Force Reinstall	Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager
Popular rank	#4,831	#10,770
Active installs	2K+	300+
Downloads, last 30 days	356	90
Rating	4.3(16)	5.0(5)
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	4.1.42
Search multiplier	×0.44	×0.00
Last release	10 months ago	11 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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