Force login to make the site private – Gozer
by Fernando Tellado · Login & Users
Also makes 22 other plugins · 31K+ installs across the portfolio →
Force visitors to log in before accessing your site with extensive exception controls.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈50 estimated
Momentum
+45%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “access”, “login” and “privacy” 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.
83 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.0%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 1.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 9 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 64 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| access your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| privacy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| private your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| restricted your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “access”, “login” and “privacy” 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 31 Jan 2026 · 273 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 302 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
9
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.1.2 · 28 Aug 2026
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 50.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 98 days.
Install history since 30 Jan 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ newen465mo ago
Plugin is effectively redirecting all visitors to your login page.Simple and effective.Beware of one thing, depending of refresh time of your site, whitelist can take some time to be taken into consideration, but this would be a wordpress issue, not a plugin one. This topic was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by newen46.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 29 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 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "use cases").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Cloudflare, REST API, WP-CLI, YouTube.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,547 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "privacy" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 40+ → 50+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-10-04 30+ → 40+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-09-11 20+ → 30+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 30+ → 20+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 20+ → 30+ up after 28 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 30+ → 20+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-06-12 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in tier
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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Force Login 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Remove Dashboard Access 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Authenticator 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B - C Chap Secure Password Login 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Require Login 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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