Force Email Login
by Takayuki Miyauchi · Email & Marketing
Also makes 20 other plugins · 39.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Use your email address instead of a username to login into your WordPress.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈860 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “email” and “login” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 66 average across 2,119 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.3%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 18.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,295 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 4.7.39, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3563 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3563 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “email” and “login” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 197 · 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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
9.8y ago
latest release · v0.6.0 · 28 Jan 2017
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 63% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ AL Guevara11.0y ago
Had to FTP and delete plugin to login again. Maybe if it was kept updated? I hate giving bad reviews to plugin makers, esp if they do it for free, but it failed identically on two WP sites, in same exact way. See screenshots of me trying to login with email AND username. With email http://tucsoncomputerdude.com/force-email-login-via-email.png With username http://tucsoncomputerdude.com/force-email-login-user.png By the way, I only have one user in this WP install. and am using Wordfence security.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chiharu nagatomi11.3y ago
i installed this plugin. it’s so useful and easy to use. i like this one!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tokami katsuya11.9y ago
It is simple and is plain I use it with convenience. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marushu12.1y ago
Thank you great plugin!! It’s very useful for me and my client 😀
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ crperk4412.1y ago
On a fresh login works without a problem, but if you logout and want to login as another user the login fails until you quit WordPress and startup again. I suspect that there is still some scripting that reverts to the use of the login name instead of the email address in this case.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ YAT12.6y ago
But, very convenient. I am really leverage.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ as_chachamaru12.6y ago
It works by login form or xml-rpc. But when E-mail is in agreement and the password is wrong, it is worrisome that a message shows ID.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jdaviescoates13.0y ago
I installed it, it worked.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 332 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-18 900+ → 800+ down after 286 days in tier
- 2025-09-05 1K+ → 900+ down after 1442 days in tier
- 2021-09-24 2K+ → 1K+ down after 196 days in tier
- 2021-03-12 3K+ → 2K+ down after 260 days in tier
- 2020-06-25 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1071 days in tier
- 2017-07-20 2K+ → 4K+ up
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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No Login by Email Address 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WPS Hide Login 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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