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Members Category

by Sabaoh · Login & Users

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Members Category is an add-in for WP-Members™ plugin that restricts specified categories to registered users.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
39 Health · F
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 58/100
Support 70/100

39 health vs 59 average across 1,444 Login & Users plugins

20+

Active installs

≈29 estimated

5.8K

Total downloads

since 2012

3.32★

Rating (adjusted)

1.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+57%

33

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

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 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5226 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

+57% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

33

now · peak 52

3330d 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

Members Category · #26722 you Limit Login Attempts · #196 WPS Limit Login · #313 WP-Members Membershi · #744

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.

1.6Kper 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

14.3y ago

latest release · v1.0.3

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.3 · 14.3y 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈29

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations

20Installs · 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.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
0 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
3

Details

Version
1.0.3
Last updated
14.3y ago
Added
2012-05-10 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
3.1
Tested up to
3.3.2
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ chrisdoth
    11.6y ago

    As stated above, no longer works.

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  2. ★★★★★ xpeed
    12.8y ago

    if he make this for all category which like woocommerce category and others category that will be perfect

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  3. ★★★★★ Anonymous
    13.6y ago

    Doesnt work with latest version of WP-Members.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ 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. 2024-03-05 30+ → 20+ down after 4 days in tier
  2. 2024-03-01 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-02-29 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in tier
  4. 2024-02-22 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2024-02-20 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-02-19 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-02-18 30+ → 20+ down after 8 days in tier
  8. 2024-02-10 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier

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