Keyless Auth – Login without Passwords
by Chris Martens · Email & Marketing
Secure, passwordless authentication for WordPress. Your users login via magic email links – no passwords to remember or forget.
72 health vs 74 average across 356 Email & Marketing plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-09-12 · 308 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 528
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.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 78 days.
Install history · since 2025-09-12 · 305 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-10 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-06-07 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-06-04 30+ → 40+ up after 76 days in band
- 2026-03-20 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-19 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-03-13 20+ → 30+ up after 63 days in band
- 2026-01-09 10+ → 20+ up after 95 days in band
- 2025-10-06 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Two Factor 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
miniOrange 2FA – Two Factor Authentication for WordPress (OTP, SMS, Email, Google Authenticator) 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Two Factor (2FA) Authentication via Email 9K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP 2-step verification 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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BaseCloud Shield 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Login by Magic 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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