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Authorizer

by Paul Ryan · Login & Users

Authorizer limits login attempts, restricts access to specific users, and authenticates against external sources (OAuth2, Google, LDAP, or CAS).

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89 Health · A
Maintenance 100
Rating quality 91
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-80%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

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 “5K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
5K–6K ≈5.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1379 daily snapshots

Details

Version
3.14.4
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2015-04-01
Requires WP
5.5
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
8.1

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2024-06-03 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in band
  2. 2024-06-02 5K+ → 4K+ down after 3 days in band
  3. 2024-05-30 4K+ → 5K+ up

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Authorizer: 5K+ active installs, 5.0★ (20 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/authorizer