Login with Username or Email
by BCS Website Solutions · Email & Marketing
Also makes 1 other plugin · 150+ installs across the portfolio →
Allow users to login with Email or Username while logging in to Wordpress.
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Health
D 41/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+17%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “email”, “login” and “username” 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.
41 health vs 66 average across 2,134 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 6.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,295 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 7.1.
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 3886 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 7.1
2.6★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3886 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login with email address your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| login with email or username your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| username your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “email”, “login” and “username” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 104 · 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
10.6y ago
latest release · v2.7 · 14 Mar 2016
8
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 2.8 years ago; the previous band took 2.5 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Fa9.8y ago
Full of ads and scam
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ktrusak10.4y ago
This is spam. If you are even a beginner in PHP, just grab the first two functions and add them to your functions.php file, they will fill your needs. The rest is spam.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sun10.6y ago
This plugin inserts a dozen of ads, including graphics, very prominently into the user interface. Worse, every user can dismiss every single of these messages (separately) and the plugin makes sure to remember this “setting” for every user as a meta value – polluting your database with senseless garbage. Lastly, the plugin enures not to include an uninstall action hook, so you need to manually clean up this mess. Well done. That’s how to promote your business. NOT.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Calvin Harris10.8y ago
Login with username or email is very convenient. I would recommend this plug-in to any user.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jjanthony10.9y ago
Does just what it claims, easy to implement, no problems
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 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 "Allow users to login with Email or Username while logging in to Wordpress."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 115 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "login with email address" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-01-31 200+ → 100+ down after 897 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 30+ → 200+ 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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No Login by Email Address 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags C -
Username Changer 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Change Username 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Duo Two-Factor Authentication 3K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WPS Hide Login 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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