Autologin Links
by WPAutoLogin · Login & Users
WARNING: THIS PLUGIN CAN BE INSECURE IF NOT USED CAUTIOUSLY. Allows selected users to autologin to your WordPress website via autologin links.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
8K+
≈8K estimated
Momentum
+55%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “auto” for “autologin”. “auto” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “autologin” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
48 health vs 61 average across 2,206 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →13%
of downloads still active
At least 8K of 59.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,477 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users 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
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2077 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 15 reviews, smoothed to 4.24★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2077 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| autologin | #9 | #10 | 0 |
| auto your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| automatic your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| link your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| links your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “auto” for “autologin”. “auto” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “autologin” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
5.7y ago
latest release · v1.12.0 · 24 Feb 2021
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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 “8K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 8K.
Install history since 10 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ con5.0y ago
Plugin authors that create free plugins love people complaining and giving a 1-star rating instead of creating a support thread. Fact.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ofihsdfoi5.7y ago
Cam here just to say the auto login link is gone and when I click auto login links I cannot find a link just a useless page. It would be smart to add an option to copy and paste the link.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ onehare5.8y ago
I use it on a staging site when dealing with freelancers. It works every time and make it pain free. Thanks for taking the time out to dev this plugin. love you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ palansher6.2y ago
Thank you, author!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nickolay Petrov6.4y ago
There are no other similar solutions except this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alinoa6.5y ago
Great and works!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ microtag7.4y ago
Great plugin. Thanks a lot.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ beatR7.6y ago
The plugin has proven itself over time. Easy to use. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.12.0 Feature: Add admin menu under Settings -> Autlogin Links that allows to: Feature: Disable the “generate autologin-link” adminbar menu for good. Feature: Set the details of the new loging-lockout feature. Feature: (Securi 1.12.0
- — Version 1.11.3 Fixed: When using the plugin on big websites, the plugin was obtaining a list of all users for the adminbar leading to OOM issues. Update language files and add Makefile generator to automate building all translation fil 1.11.3
- — Version 1.11.2 Add support for X_FORWARDED_PREFIX to allow serving wordpress installations using a proxy. Merged PR: Add custom filter for generating example urls called ‘pkg_autologin_links_sample_url_prefix’. Thanks to https://github 1.11.2
- — Version 1.11.1 Fix issue for double include of fuse_url_with_site_url 1.11.1
- — Version 1.11.0 Add limit to the number of autologin-links shown in the admin menu (GitHub issue #11) Add new constant PKG_AUTOLOGIN_VERSION allowing to check the autologin link version in-code Fix: spaced getting stripped from extra qu 1.11.0
- — Version 1.10.1 Fixed readme Added more testing platform to the intergation tests Small fix for old PHP version 5.5 Add even more cache-prevention code Add JavaScript linter to debug JavaScript related issues earlier Fixed JavaScript bu 1.10.1
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WARNING: THIS PLUGIN CAN BE INSECURE IF NOT USED CAUTIOUSLY. Allows selected users to autologin to your Wor..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,200 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-22 7K+ → 8K+ up after 69 days in tier
- 2026-08-14 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-08-12 8K+ → 7K+ down after 194 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 167 days in tier
- 2025-08-16 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-15 9K+ → 8K+ down after 317 days in tier
- 2024-10-02 8K+ → 9K+ up after 11 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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Broken Link Notifier 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Auto Update Plugins 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D - L Links shortcode 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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