Advanced Show/Hide Password
by Code Decorator · Uncategorized
Adds an icon to all password fields to toggle between showing and hiding the password, improving user experience during login and registration.
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Health
D 54/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈290 estimated
Momentum
+40%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “password” and “show password” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
54 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.3%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 2.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 2 reviews to 2025-10-03Reviewers say it works straight away across every password field, and they're glad someone finally solved the hidden-password annoyance.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 744 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 744 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| hide password your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| password your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| show password your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| toggle password your tag | Not checked yet | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “password” and “show password” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 17 Oct 2024 · 744 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 135 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.0 · 17 Oct 2024
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 46 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 16 Oct 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ panon1.1y ago
It works out of the box in all password fields. Thank you. This topic was modified 9 months, 2 weeks ago by panon.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ EigenWijsheid1.1y ago
I really needed this! Thanks so much. There still is software out there that hides passwords by default so you cannot see what you type. So annoying! This plugin solves it and I love it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds an icon to all password fields to toggle between showing and hiding the password, improving user exper..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and 1 more.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,253 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "show password", "toggle password" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-15 300+ → 200+ down after 163 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-03 300+ → 200+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-23 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 200+ → 300+ up after 54 days in tier
- 2026-01-27 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-26 200+ → 300+ up after 37 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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hideShowPassword 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
PPWP – Password Protect Pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Google Authenticator 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Frontend Reset Password 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
ContentProtector – password protect your page, post or text 5K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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