Fake Login Area
by Dave McHale · Login & Users
Allows you to display a user login form to nowhere.
41 health vs 60 average across 862 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 4.7.33, 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 3508 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
22
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-13 60+ → 50+ down after 132 days in band
- 2026-02-01 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-29 60+ → 50+ down after 201 days in band
- 2025-07-12 70+ → 60+ down after 190 days in band
- 2025-01-03 80+ → 70+ down after 9 days in band
- 2024-12-25 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-12-23 80+ → 70+ down after 11 days in band
- 2024-12-12 70+ → 80+ up after 1 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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Disable User Login 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Login Log 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Change Username 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Expire User Passwords 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable Users 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Prevent Concurrent Logins 900+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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