Maven Member™ lets you protect pages, posts and categories using flexible roles that you can define.
39 health vs 67 average across 1,682 Blocks 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 4966 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
86
now · peak 153
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
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
15.2y ago
latest release · v1.0
1
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-10-10 · 1,386 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ nicheadlee12.1y ago
This plugin has destroyed my site. It looks good at first, but after closing my browser and reopening to login to the backend of WP it has disabled my access. I can no longer access the backend and am stuck. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS PLUGIN! EITHER FIX THE PLUGIN OR REMOVE IT FROM THE OPTIONS OF POSSIBLE DOWNLOADS.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ prestwood12.2y ago
When you deactivate and remove this plugin it leaves behind traces within the wordpress install. I’m thinking I may have to establish a fresh install of wordpress to get rid of them all which is ridiculous and an incredible waste of time. I hope the developers deal with this issue before the next release…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ link-design12.3y ago
Congrats to the team for developing this useful Frontend Access Plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dainius Grabauskas12.5y ago
Trying to remove trash left by this plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dainius Grabauskas12.5y ago
Trying to remove trash left by this plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Oshagi12.6y ago
My mistake – I didn’t read the comments… It really leaves trash after unistall. And to delete this trash, you’ll need to visit Mysql. And after this, WP didn’t let me in to admin area – it removed my administrator role. There was no trick to change it (not in Mysql directly). In the end I was forced to reinstall WP and to create all my content again. Sorry guys, nothing personal – it just didn’t suit my needs.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ flandryx12.7y ago
I love the versatility of the plugin and no matter how complicated the nesting gets the plugin is solid. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ian314512.7y ago
Apart from the stranfe way this plugin behaves, you can’t even uninstall it. Deactivating it and deleting it still leaves bad behaviours in wordpress. It still leaves MAVEN options inside other plugins.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 40+ → 30+ down after 181 days in tier
- 2026-02-07 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 50+ → 40+ down after 90 days in tier
- 2025-11-01 60+ → 50+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2025-09-11 50+ → 60+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2025-08-28 60+ → 50+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2025-08-13 50+ → 60+ up after 114 days in tier
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