My Members Only – Membership for WordPress
by uri · Membership
Also makes 18 other plugins · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Protect content in posts and pages with shortcodes.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+36%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “members”, “membership” and “memberships” 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.
48 health vs 71 average across 298 Membership plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 13.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Membership plugin keeps 0.9%, across 165 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Membership plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
36/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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 1027 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1027 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| members your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| membership your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| memberships your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| restrict your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| restrict content 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
- “members”, “membership” and “memberships” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.5K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
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
2.8y ago
latest release · v6.8.9 · 9 Jan 2024
18
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.6 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Jun 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ xeroxorex4.9y ago
This is an amazing plug in. Shortcodes allow teaser content if you only want certain sections of the page to be public and shortcode can be edited to say what you want it to or provide a redirect link to log in. A major plus about this is you can use it with ProfileGrid membership platform because it doesn’t have a user role option for all members to restrict specific pages to a certain tier of members. Its so simple and a very crucial feature plus its free. If you give one star there’s something wrong with you, this plug in rocks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ antonely9310.7y ago
Hi! Only 3 Stars gyus 🙁 it will be better to add a new feature like instead of to put the Login Form in post we can Just replace it with simple text? Sorry, this content is only for members please Register or Login to view. Register: Redirect users to register page Login: Redirect users to login page It will very nice and useful
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zala595810.7y ago
Plugin is Superb! exactly what I wanted thanks
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.2
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Protect content in posts and pages with shortcodes."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 5 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,197 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("membership", "memberships", "restrict content" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-03-12 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-03-10 100+ → 200+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2023-02-12 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2023-02-08 100+ → 200+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2023-01-31 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-30 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-01-27 200+ → 100+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2023-01-17 100+ → 200+ up after 1 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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Simple Membership 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A - S Simple Membership Menu 50+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
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Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - S Simple Membership After Login Redirection 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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Patreon WordPress 3K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B - S Simple Membership Form Shortcode 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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