Multisite User Role Manager
by OzTheGreat · Login & Users
Also makes 2 other plugins · 390+ installs across the portfolio →
Manage user roles for each blog from a single screen on multisite (WPMU) setups
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈79 estimated
Momentum
+31%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “management”, “multisite” and “roles” 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.
46 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 31.4K 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.
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, well behind 6.8.
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 3280 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3280 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| management your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| multisite your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| roles your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| users your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wpmu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “management”, “multisite” and “roles” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
9.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.7 · 7 Nov 2017
8
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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 47 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 80.
Install history since 14 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ yikesitskevin9.4y ago
I spent about 30 minutes looking at different multisite user management plugins and all of them were either out of date, or tried to do too much. This plugin solved the exact issue I was dealing with: adding a user (with a specified role) to all of my client’s subsites. Thank you very much. I wish you all the best, Kevin. P.S. the CSS for the admin screen where you add users to subsites was a bit off for me (in Chrome). The table did not fit the modal background (it hung off to the right a bit, and forced me to scroll even though there was plenty of vertical space). It doesn’t bother me but it might bother some other users so I figured I would let you know.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Seth Carstens10.0y ago
Ajax management makes it super easy to add users to a bunch of sites in the network. Does 1 things really well, more plugins should work like this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kalico10.4y ago
Plugin works great, and has helped me sort out some strange permissions issues. I have one suggestion for improvement: Display the name of the user being viewed on the modal/popup. If I’m working on just one user, it’s not a big deal….but when comparing several users, open in all different browser tabs, it was hard to know which one I was looking at. But that minor deficiency is not enough to merit any less than 5 stars. Awesome plugin, many thanks! Update – June 29: And great support, too! Not only did the author resolve my problem, he also included my suggestion in the latest update. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 49 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 25 more locales with partial translations.
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Manage user roles for each blog from a single screen on multisite (WPMU) setups"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 292 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "management" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-14 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-09-11 70+ → 80+ up after 107 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 80+ → 70+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-05-12 70+ → 80+ up after 1 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).
- U User Management Tools 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- M Multisite User Management 90+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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User Switching 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
View Admin As 9K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Change Username 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Restrict Media Library Access 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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