Login Dongle
by Andrea Ercolino · Security
The bookmark to login nobody but you. Simple and secure.
45 health vs 63 average across 646 Security plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4307 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
37
now · peak 79
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-25 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-22 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-21 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-18 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-17 60+ → 50+ down after 387 days in band
- 2025-02-23 70+ → 60+ down after 257 days in band
- 2024-06-11 80+ → 70+ down after 198 days in band
- 2023-11-26 90+ → 80+ down after 51 days in band
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