Login Widget With Shortcode

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1. ★★★★★ KJA4U

   5.5y ago

   It helped me a lot to get rid of the extra stuff in the regular login page.

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2. ★★★★★ Naomi Blindeman

   6.2y ago

   I cannot believe that this plugin does not allow people to set their own passwords. It sends an email with the new password and the new password is only 7 characters long, much too short to be save. I’ve blocked subscribers from the admin area so they will then never be able to set a better one. What a weird thing to do. I can’t use this.

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3. ★★★★★ dieutridau

   7.1y ago

   Thanks for the good plugin!

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4. ★★★★★ houseofstrauss

   7.2y ago

   CAPTCHA fails every time. In fact if you add the captcha to admin it will prevent you logging into the site admin. The letters numbers were perfectly clear and we asked 3 people to confirm. IN addition the code does not refresh, so you have no chance of entering a new one. Gotta fix this!!

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5. ★★★★★ ncstatedad

   7.4y ago

   Simple and easy to use. Works as expected. With latest update, developers were up front that it was a major rewrite and users may need to reset some settings. Once this was done, everything works fine.

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6. ★★★★★ jhebbel

   7.5y ago

   Be prepared to modify the php and css to get this to look more pleasing, because the bare bones plugin takes zero effort to make the login form look even slightly decent. Also, uses a easily defeatable capthica that has been known to be worthless instead of just implementing the Google Capthica.

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7. ★★★★★ la818

   8.4y ago

   This plugin has made my site functionality more professional and efficient, and the support from the plugin author can’t be beat. Highly recommend!

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8. ★★★★★ oliviervl

   8.5y ago

   I am very pleased with the login-sidebar-widget, it works great! Also a bug that I notified them about (wsod on all other widgets) was fixed and updated in 10 minutes! Thanks a lot team AP! Great job! This topic was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by oliviervl.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 6.1.3 Bug fixes and improvements. 6.1.3
2. — Version 6.1.2 Bug fixes and improvements. 6.1.2
3. — Version 6.1.1 Bug fixes. 6.1.1
4. — Version 6.1.0 Improvements. 6.1.0
5. — Version 6.0.9 Google reCaptcha added for login security. This can be used instead for default captcha. 6.0.9
6. — Version 6.0.8 Improvements and bug fixes. 6.0.8

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 6.1 Login Widget With Shortcode <= 6.1.2 - Open Redirect ↗
   2024-12-05 CVE-2024-54255 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') Affects <= 6.1.2 No patch available
2. High · 7.1 Login Widget With Shortcode < 3.2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2014-09-17 CVE-2014-6312 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 3.2.1 Patched in 3.2.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 123 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Plus 99 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-28 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-08-27 5K+ → 6K+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2026-08-24 6K+ → 5K+ down after 234 days in tier
4. 2026-01-02 7K+ → 6K+ down after 218 days in tier
5. 2025-05-29 8K+ → 7K+ down after 180 days in tier
6. 2024-11-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 201 days in tier
7. 2024-05-13 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2024-05-12 9K+ → 10K+ 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).

• Sidebar Login 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags D
• L Login-Logout 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• WPS Hide Login 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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Login Widget With Shortcode: 5K+ active installs, 3.8★ (29 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/login-sidebar-widget