Keyless Auth – Login without Passwords
by Chris Martens · Email & Marketing
Also makes 1 other plugin · 80+ installs across the portfolio →
Secure, passwordless authentication for WordPress. Your users login via magic email links – no passwords to remember or forget.
70 health vs 63 average across 1,297 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.
Well optimized
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 2025-09-13 · 353 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
87
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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
32
releases in the last 12 months
9mo ago
latest release · v3.2.4
32
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 86 days.
Install history · since 2025-09-12 · 308 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-10 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-07 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-04 30+ → 40+ up after 76 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-19 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-03-13 20+ → 30+ up after 63 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 10+ → 20+ up after 95 days in tier
- 2025-10-06 — → 10+ up
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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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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Trusona for WordPress 500+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - O OneCode Login 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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