hideShowPassword

by Barry Ceelen · Login & Users

Also makes 2 other plugins · 420+ installs across the portfolio →

Toggle password visibility on the WordPress login screen.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

D 46/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

400+

≈460 estimated

Momentum

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no download trend yet

Biggest opportunity: “login”, “password” and “reveal password” 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.

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How scoring works →

46 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 78/100

Support 70/100

46 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins

400+

Active installs

≈460 estimated

11.8K

Total downloads

since 2013 · 3.4% still active

4.1/5

Rating

4.5 on wp.org · 6 reviews

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110

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

Install conversion

How it's measured →

3.4%

of downloads still active

At least 400 of 11.8K 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.

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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.

Ratings · 6 reviews

Details

Version: 2.0.1
Last updated: 8.3y ago
Added: 2013-11-06 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.5.1
Tested up to: 4.9.35
Requires PHP: —

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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.

40 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 3034 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 10/100

Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 58/100

4.5★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 3034 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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
login your tag	Not in the top 24
password your tag	Not in the top 24
reveal password your tag	Not in the top 24
show password your tag	Not in the top 24
toggle your tag	Not in the top 24

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

“login”, “password” and “reveal password” 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

— vs prior 30d

031 Oct 2026

30150

031 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 174 · peaks are release surges

11931 Oct 2026

2001000

11931 Oct 2026

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

hideShowPassword · #9673youGoogle Authenticator · #1153Frontend Reset Passw · #1963Login Security Solut · #3607

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.531 Oct 2026

52.50

4.531 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

4631 Oct 2026

604020

4631 Oct 2026

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.

29831 Oct 2026

4002000

29831 Oct 2026

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v2.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

400–500 ≈460

Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 64% of the way through.

Install history since 27 May 2015

40031 Oct 2026

1K5000

40031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ flyingkites
4.7y ago

Seems to only work on the admin login. Does not work on the site login for Woocommerce.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ josanto48
6.8y ago

Is there any way to use it on password protected pages?
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ lhberg
7.2y ago

is it possible to motivate you to update the plugin for WP 5.x compatibility by sending you some bucks for the coffee you’ll need? If yes, please provide a donation link on the plugin page! Thanks, Lukas
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★★★★★ the masked cat
8.6y ago

I am using WP 4.9.5 and this old buddy still works.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ Allen Tullett
12.3y ago

I love this plugin, such a simple and useful tool which my clients appreciate. This feature should be in the core!
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★★★★★ ribetz
12.8y ago

it’s works, thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✓ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✓ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 128 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings

Serbian 100%

Swedish 90%

Afrikaans 9%

Albanian 9%

Amharic 9%

Arabic 9%

Aragonese 9%

Armenian 9%

Assamese 9%

Azerbaijani 9%

Balochi Southern 9%

Basque 9%

Belarusian 9%

Bengali 9%

Bosnian 9%

Breton 9%

Bulgarian 9%

Catalan 9%

Cebuano 9%

Chinese (China) 9%

Corsican 9%

Croatian 9%

Czech 9%

Danish 9%

Plus 104 more locales with partial translations.

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 24 Oct 2026

Can 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 Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
! 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 3 headings and 1 list.
! Enough to quote 832 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "reveal password" does not.

Growth timeline

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

2026-06-20 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
2026-06-19 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
2026-06-17 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
2026-06-16 400+ → 500+ up after 13 days in tier
2026-06-03 500+ → 400+ down after 277 days in tier
2025-08-30 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
2025-08-27 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
2025-08-26 600+ → 500+ down after 340 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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