Editorial Access Manager
by Taylor Lovett · Login & Users
Allow for granular editorial access control for all post types in WordPress
48 health vs 59 average across 969 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 3408 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
33
now · peak 107
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-08 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-12-05 100+ → 90+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 90+ → 100+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 100+ → 90+ down after 23 days in tier
- 2025-10-16 90+ → 100+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2025-09-29 100+ → 90+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2025-09-14 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-12 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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- W WP247 Body Classes 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
WPFront User Role Editor 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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