Fake Login Area vs Disable User Login

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Disable User Login is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Fake Login Area

by Dave McHale

Health D41

Disable User Login

by Saint Systems

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Fake Login Area moved down one install band, 60+ to 50+; Disable User Login moved up one install band, 5K+ to 6K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Fake Login Area	Disable User Login
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	6K–7K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-17%	+20% ✓
Overall health	—	B · 79 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	83/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	0	6 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	85/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.9y ago	7mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	80	1.8K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+18%	+35%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	8.0% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Fake Login AreaDisable User Login

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.