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Login Require Press

by Marat Nepomnyashy · Security

Also makes 1 other plugin · 200+ installs across the portfolio →

Easy way to require user login to view specific pages / posts.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.23, 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.

41 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 17/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2469 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+61% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

66

now · peak 3.0K

6630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Login Require Press · #14381 you Wordfence Security · #11 Hostinger Tools · #20 Really Simple Securi · #17

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.5Stars · Aug 26

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.

660per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

6.8y ago

latest release · v1.4.0

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4.0 · 6.8y ago1.3.0 · 7.8y ago1.2.0 · 10.0y ago1.1.0 · 10.2y ago1.0.0 · 10.4y ago0.1.2 · 11.1y ago0.1.1 · 11.6y ago0.1.0 · 11.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2019-10-21 · 1,387 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
1.4.0
Last updated
6.8y ago
Added
2015-02-06 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
3.8.1
Tested up to
5.3.23
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. Quindaro Press
    10.2y ago

    Just wanted to keep my site accessible to everyone with a login … and nobody else! It works! Thanks.

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  2. soundfeelings
    11.0y ago

    LoginRequirePress allows me to easily restrict users from viewing certain pages unless they are logged in. WordPress’ other options of “public, password, or private” do not give me what I need. This is just perfect. One thing you can mention in the next version of the instructions is to keep the page settings at “public” to make it work. Seems illogical, but that is exactly right. With this plugin, even though the page setting is at “public” the public will not be able to view it unless they are logged in, which is exactly what I needed. GREAT!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. derek4716
    11.0y ago

    Desperately searching for a plugin like this and stumbled upon this. Just needed to lock down one page for a client portal and this fit the bill. Wonderful.

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  4. njrfbzr
    11.4y ago

    This plugin is almost there. Unlike other plugins (like Restrict Content), it really works. You get an excellent overview on the settings page where you can see all your WP ID numbers for posts, pages and attachments and the publishing status. The list is sortable by name or date which is great. This plugin is easy to use; you don’t have to open each page to turn it on or off, although that possibility is also present. I discovered one flaw which unfortunately 🙁 means I can’t use this plugin. Some searches in the WP search box send the user to the login page and clearly this is undesirable. Indeed, if this flaw did not exist, I would rate this plugin at 6 stars. My guess is that if you do not have a search box on your site, this plugin will be nearly perfect.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-07-10 200+ → 100+ down after 551 days in tier
  2. 2024-01-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-01-05 200+ → 300+ up after 7 days in tier
  4. 2023-12-29 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-12-28 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
  6. 2023-12-25 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2023-12-24 200+ → 300+ up after 7 days in tier
  8. 2023-12-17 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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