Add Link
by ctltwp · Login & Users
Add Link enables your users to add links to your blog.
41 health vs 60 average across 907 Login & Users plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5937 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
71
now · peak 193
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 10+ → 20+ up after 421 days in band
- 2025-05-19 20+ → 10+ down after 404 days in band
- 2024-04-10 30+ → 20+ down after 291 days in band
- 2023-06-24 40+ → 30+ down after 53 days in band
- 2023-05-02 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-04-29 20+ → 30+ up after 14 days in band
- 2023-04-15 30+ → 20+ down after 17 days in band
- 2023-03-29 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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User Role Editor 700K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Manage Notification E-mails 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Username Changer 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Login as User 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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