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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.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
49 Health · D
Maintenance 4/100
Rating quality 84/100
Support 70/100

49 health vs 59 average across 1,442 Login & Users plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 6.1.12.

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.

53 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 10/100
WP compatibility 46/100
Rating quality 68/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1355 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

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

+27% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

179

now · peak 244

18430d downloads · Aug 26

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

Extended User Search · #7046 you Enhanced User Search · #17036 User First Name / Fu · #19928

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.7Stars · 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.

204per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v3 97%
Older / other versions 2.9%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
900–1K ≈950

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

Install history · since 2022-08-07 · 1,421 observations

900Installs · 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
3
Last updated
3.7y ago
Added
2019-02-18 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
4.9.6
Tested up to
6.1.12
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. willpom
    1.8y ago

    Does what it says on the can. Perfect, thanks!

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  2. genrobgen
    2.5y ago

    Works great, helped us find duplicates quickly! We’re running WP 6.4.3.

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  3. Anonymous User 20791862
    3.6y 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!

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  4. GoodVine
    3.7y ago

    Plugin works fine. It helped me to resolve some issue

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  5. gregblakerobins
    3.8y 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!

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  6. julieannekay
    5.7y 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!

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  7. bradcass
    6.3y ago

    This plugin works well. Now to figure out how to search by custom fields!

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  8. fuchsdesign
    6.4y ago

    works great after recent update!! keep on good work. essential for searching user by name and not only username in woocommerce

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings

Dutch (Belgium) 60%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-14 1K+ → 900+ down

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Extended User Search In WP-Admin: 900+ active installs, 4.7★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/extended-user-search-in-wp-admin