One Time Email Access Guard
by Marco Gargano · Email & Marketing
Protect pages and posts with email-delivered verification codes. Passwordless access control for gated content, demos, and private downloads.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “email access”, “email otp” and “gated content” 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.
83 health vs 66 average across 2,120 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 580 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,294 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 100 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| email access your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email otp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gated content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| passwordless your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| verification your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “email access”, “email otp” and “gated content” 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 29 Dec 2025 · 306 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 108 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
8mo ago
latest release · v1.1.0 · 25 Feb 2026
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 7 Jan 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ danilocmp10mo ago
This is exactly what I needed: a plugin which enables password-free access using email-delivered verification codes.It’s perfect for anyone looking to add secure, flexible access control to their site without complicating the user experience. Highly recommended!
Read on wp.org ↗
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Protect pages and posts with email-delivered verification codes. Passwordless access control for gated cont..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "who need", "ideal for").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 13 headings and 10 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,337 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Email OTP" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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).
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Authyo OTP for Ninja Forms — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
SMNTCS Google Webmaster Tools 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Magic Login – Magic Link & Passwordless Authentication for WordPress – Login Without Password 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Make Disable Admin Email Verification Prompt 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Secure Passkeys 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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