Prevent Concurrent Logins vs Expire User Passwords

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

Prevent Concurrent Logins

by Frankie Jarrett

Health D50

Expire User Passwords

by Matt Miller

Health B78

Active-install trajectory

Prevent Concurrent Logins Expire User Passwords

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Prevent Concurrent Logins	Expire User Passwords
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 50	B · 78 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	86/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.54★ ✓	3.99★
Reviews	17 ✓	5
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.0y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	146	682 ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Prevent Concurrent Logins Expire User Passwords

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.