O3World Members-Only Categories
by kris-o3world · Login & Users
Designate categories as "members-only" via 'Privacy Settings.' Assign them to users via 'Profile.'
42 health vs 59 average across 1,386 Login & Users 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 3.3.0, 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 5307 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
51
now · peak 157
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-04-02 20+ → 10+ down after 87 days in tier
- 2023-01-05 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-04 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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User Role Editor 700K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
User Switching 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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