id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
10958	WP.org download counter spam	hallsofmontezuma	ryan	"It looks like some plugin authors are spamming the download counts.  Every now and then, a plugin mysteriously has thousands or tens of thousands of downloads in a day.  
It's generally blatant when it isn't legitimate.  ie, a brand new plugin with no or few ratings, no forum threads, etc.  This is obviously done to have the appearance of being ""popular"".

Is there something that can be done to limit the download count to IP per timeframe, or some such thing?"	enhancement	closed	normal	WordPress.org	WordPress.org site		normal	fixed