Authentication by LoginRadius
by loginradius · Login & Users
Also makes 1 other plugin · 100+ installs across the portfolio →
The Authentication by LoginRadius WordPress plugin allow you to replace the default WordPress Authentication feature with diverse authentication metho …
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Health
F 26/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “authentication”, “cloud authentication” and “hosted registration” 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.
26 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.0%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 368K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.24.
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 2222 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.5.24; the current branch is 6.8
1.1★ over 36 reviews, smoothed to 2.84★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2222 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.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 8d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 8d
+0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciam your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| authentication your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cloud authentication your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hosted registration your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user registration your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “authentication”, “cloud authentication” and “hosted registration” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 161 · 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 21 Oct 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
6.1y ago
latest release · v7.3.0 · 1 Oct 2020
46
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 72% 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 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 27 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ doniking10.6y ago
die!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ blendereando10.6y ago
not free
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ danlei10.9y ago
Ie. not free.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sameerz11.1y ago
We have used both their free and paid plugins and both are horrible! They do not integrate easily into the sites and this company will desperately try to deceive you and pull money out of your pockets first. Even after paying them high prices, what we get is a complete piece of crap withing you spend several weeks of your time talking to their clueless support team. Don’t buy their paid services. They are only trying to make money by offering a defective, sub-standard plugin and will not bother about customer satisfaction.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ creativemind111.2y ago
not free
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ trident6011.4y ago
This is not a very friendly plugin – it runs off their servers, which I’m not a big fan of. you have to pay – $299 a month is their low-end plan – and that only supports 30,000 registered users and you can’t add more users without bumping up to the $399. a month plan but, of course, they claim the $799.00 a month plan is the “Best Value”. If you have that kind of money to spend and you have the time to implement, the product works very well. That said, there are MANY plugins that allow you to do have social logins, sharing, and likes on your site – and they are all free. While this plugin does gather more information than others that is also a problem as you need to include that in your privacy disclosure “if you login with Linkedin we’re going to know your groups, events, your audio, video, pics, friends….” – it’s very invasive.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alzekr11.4y ago
bad plugin Before you start it is not explicitly declare that he does not ask money. Surprise then that for a period of 30 days only
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ imusmi11.6y ago
Why this plugin is not free. Very BAD
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5.1
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The Authentication by LoginRadius WordPress plugin allow you to replace the default WordPress Authenticatio..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use cases"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions bbPress, BuddyPress, Multisite, Facebook and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,698 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Cloud Authentication", "Hosted Registration", "User Registration" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-06 200+ → 100+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2025-06-27 100+ → 200+ up after 77 days in tier
- 2025-04-11 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-04-07 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-04-02 200+ → 100+ down after 48 days in tier
- 2025-02-13 100+ → 200+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-02-01 200+ → 100+ down after 457 days in tier
- 2023-11-02 300+ → 200+ down after 179 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).
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LoginRadius CIAM — installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared tags - L Limit Login Attempts 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C
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Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
WPS Limit Login 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress 100K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Two Factor 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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