Forgot Username vs Sidebar Login

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

Health D45

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Forgot Username moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+; Sidebar Login moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Forgot Username	Sidebar Login
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-10% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	3	78 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.0y ago	24d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	45	4.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	0.9% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Forgot UsernameSidebar 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.