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Emergency password reset

by andy_moyle · Uncategorized

Also makes 3 other plugins · 1.6K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin allows the admin to reset all the passwords and automatically email out the link to reset

How scoring works →
70 Health · B
Maintenance 74/100
Rating quality 66/100
Support 70/100

70 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

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.

75 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Listing tuning

Update recency 83/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 63/100
Listing tuning 52/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+16% vs prior 30d
25Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

247

now · peak 1.3K

24530d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank

wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better

7.5KRank · Aug 26

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.4Stars · Aug 26

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.

306per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

3

releases in the last 12 months

9mo ago

latest release · v9.3

7

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

9.3 · 9mo ago9.2 · 9mo ago9.1 · 9mo ago9.0 · 1.3y ago0.5 · 11.8y ago0.3 · 11.8y ago0.4 · 11.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 63% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v9.4 63%
v9.0 17%
v8.0 8%
v6.2 7.3%
Older / other versions 4.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
800–900 ≈870

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

Install history · since 2015-09-12 · 1,426 observations

800Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
9.4
Last updated
9mo ago
Added
2013-04-26 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
2.7.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2025-09-22 CVE-2025-57942 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 9.3 Patched in 9.4
  2. 2024-06-03 CVE-2024-35648 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 8.0 Patched in 9.0

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-12-30 900+ → 800+ down after 4 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-26 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-25 900+ → 800+ down after 5 days in tier
  4. 2025-12-20 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2025-12-19 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-12-18 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2025-12-16 900+ → 800+ down after 11 days in tier
  8. 2025-12-05 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier

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Emergency password reset: 800+ active installs, 3.4★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/emergency-password-reset