Masquerade
by jrking4 · Admin & Utilities
Adds a link to users.php that allows an administrator to login as that user without knowing the password.
45 health vs 58 average across 1,344 Admin & Utilities 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5142 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
132
now · peak 155
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 1007 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 70+ → 80+ up after 35 days in band
- 2026-06-09 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-08 70+ → 80+ up after 19 days in band
- 2026-05-20 80+ → 70+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-14 70+ → 80+ up after 19 days in band
- 2026-04-25 80+ → 70+ down after 5 days in band
- 2026-04-20 70+ → 80+ up after 33 days in band
- 2026-03-18 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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When Last Login 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Login as User 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A - U Use Administrator Password 900+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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User Registration Using Contact Form 7 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
PS User Login Count 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Eazy Login Logo 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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