Extended User Search In WP-Admin
by amit5204 · Login & Users
Also makes 5 other plugins · 3.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
By default WordPress in WP-admin allows users to search only by username or email id.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
900+
≈980 estimated
Momentum
+33%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 9/100. Last updated 1421 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
49 health vs 61 average across 2,211 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →8.7%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 10.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,479 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1421 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 7.1
4.7★ over 13 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1421 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| search by full name in wpadmin your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| search by last name in wpadmin your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| empower user search in wpadmin your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| extend user search in wpadmin your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| search by first name in wpadmin your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| wpadmin | #5 | #3 | 0 |
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 244 · 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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% 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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 7 Aug 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ willpom2.0y ago
Does what it says on the can. Perfect, thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ genrobgen2.7y ago
Works great, helped us find duplicates quickly! We’re running WP 6.4.3.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 207918623.7y ago
yyyeeeaaahhhh…thank you! It was not possible that WordPress, used all over the world, remained without a function as basic and trivial as it is important! thanks for the great contribution!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ GoodVine3.9y ago
Plugin works fine. It helped me to resolve some issue
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gregblakerobins3.9y ago
We struggled with searching for members in a separate plug in (they’d end up just as a user only) and this allowed us to find them by first name or last name … a huge time saver! Nice and simple, no problems. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ julieannekay5.9y ago
The Learners on my courses never seem to know what email they used to register their account but most seem to know their actual name ha ha! This plugin makes searching my First Last or partial name super simple. THANK YOU!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bradcass6.5y ago
This plugin works well. Now to figure out how to search by custom fields!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fuchsdesign6.6y ago
works great after recent update!! keep on good work. essential for searching user by name and not only username in woocommerce
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "By default WordPress in WP-admin allows users to search only by username or email id."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and 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 766 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Empower user search in wpadmin", "Extend user search in wpadmin", "Search by first name in wpadmin", "Search by full name in wpadmin", "Search by last name in wpadmin" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-14 1K+ → 900+ down
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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