Force User Login
by smatric · Login & Users
A very small plugin that forces users to login to view blog content.
41 health vs 61 average across 791 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3976 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
119
now · peak 119
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-05 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-02-02 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-30 50+ → 40+ down after 553 days in band
- 2024-07-26 60+ → 50+ down after 377 days in band
- 2023-07-15 70+ → 60+ down after 166 days in band
- 2023-01-30 80+ → 70+ down after 104 days in band
- 2022-10-18 90+ → 80+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- C Chap Secure Password Login 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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Theme My Login 60K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Google Authenticator 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Frontend Reset Password 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B - L Login Security Solution 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Smart Passworded Pages 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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