Client Certificate Authentication
by MarioLipinski · Uncategorized
Authenticating with a SSL Client Certificate by using the email address. Optionally, new accounts can be created with the name from the certificate.
45 health vs 56 average across 10,983 Uncategorized 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4748 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
23
now · peak 74
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,367 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-13 20+ → 10+ down after 33 days in band
- 2025-02-08 10+ → 20+ up after 25 days in band
- 2025-01-14 20+ → 10+ down after 61 days in band
- 2024-11-14 10+ → 20+ up after 26 days in band
- 2024-10-19 20+ → 10+ down after 170 days in band
- 2024-05-02 10+ → 20+ up after 53 days in band
- 2024-03-10 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-03-09 10+ → 20+ up after 36 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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WPS Limit Login 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Flexible SSL for CloudFlare 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL) 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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