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Controlled Admin Access

Controlled Admin Access is solid but leaving growth on the table.

Active installs

10K+

Rating

4.8★

45 reviews

Downloads / 30d

2K

Momentum

-26%

30d vs the 30d before

Against 2204 tracked Login & Users plugins: health 91 vs 61 average · rating 4.63★ vs 3.82★.

What we found

2 to fix 1 strengths
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Downloads are cooling

Needs work

30-day download momentum is -26% while the Login & Users category median is +6%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.

What to do: A coordinated content + outreach push can re-ignite installs.

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Readme fails 5 of 8 AI readiness checks

Needs work

AI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: says what it does, has a faq, faq asks real questions, names who it is for and tags match the text. Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.

What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.

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Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.

Downloads, last 2 years

From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.

Full report for Controlled Admin Access →
491 Nov 2026

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