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Floating Login

by fozzyluke123 · Login & Users

Floating login/ register element that sticks to the top of the screen and changes depending on user login state.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
48 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 83/100
Support 70/100

48 health vs 60 average across 918 Login & Users plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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.

41 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 69/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4089 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+5% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

117

now · peak 127

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

Floating Login · #20491 StranoWeb Ajax Login · #13587 Theme My Login · #689 Login or Logout Menu · #1273

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.

tracked estimate
50–60 ≈57

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations

Details

Version
1.2.2
Last updated
11.2y ago
Added
2014-05-22 · 12 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
4.2.39
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-26 60+ → 50+ down after 106 days in band
  2. 2026-01-10 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
  3. 2026-01-08 60+ → 70+ up after 22 days in band
  4. 2025-12-17 70+ → 60+ down after 7 days in band
  5. 2025-12-10 60+ → 70+ up after 188 days in band
  6. 2025-06-05 70+ → 60+ down after 146 days in band
  7. 2025-01-10 80+ → 70+ down after 209 days in band
  8. 2024-06-15 90+ → 80+ down after 121 days in band

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Floating Login: 50+ active installs, 4.6★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/floating-login