Online Active Users

by Nikul Valani · Login & Users

Online Active Users is a lightweight, powerful plugin to monitor and display how many users are currently online active on your WordPress website.

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Health

A 89/100

no flags

Active installs

2K+

≈2.1K estimated

Momentum

-5%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “user activity”, “user status” and “user tracking” for “last seen”, “user engagement” and “user online”. “user activity” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #20. “last seen” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “user status” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “user engagement” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “user tracking” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “user online” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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How scoring works →

89 Health · A

Maintenance 100/100

Rating quality 90/100

Support 70/100

89 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins

2K+

Active installs

≈2.1K estimated

35K

Total downloads

since 2023 · 5.7% still active

4.6/5

Rating

4.7 on wp.org · 51 reviews · +0.3/wk

-5%

1.2K

Downloads · 30d

category median +12%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

5.7%

of downloads still active

At least 2K of 35K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.

This plugin shipped 9 releases 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.

Ratings · 51 reviews

Details

Version: 3.4.5
Last updated: 1mo ago
Added: 2023-04-09 · 3 yrs old
Requires WP: 6.3
Tested up to: 7.1.4
Requires PHP: 8.0

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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.

98 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100

Updated 37 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 88/100

4.7★ over 51 reviews, smoothed to 4.40★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Support resolution 100/100

1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months

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.

Momentum

Losing ground

-0.2

Velocity

places per keyword, 28d

13%

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 28d

-0.2

Acceleration

recent half vs earlier

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
active users your tag	#1	#1	0
active	#1	#1	0
online users your tag	#2	#4	0
user active	#1	#2	—
users online	#2	#2	0
last seen	#4	#3	up 1
users	#8	#9	up 1
online status	#3	#3	0
user online	#6	#7	down 1
user engagement	#6	#7	up 1
active plugins	#4	#5	down 1
user tracking your tag	#15	#16	up 1
user status your tag	#16	#17	0
add users	#10	#9	0
currently	#15	#15	0
user activity your tag	#20	#20	down 3
user sessions	#15	#16	0
new users	#13	#13	0
user feedback	#24	#18	down 1
user count	#23	#16	down 1

96 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 74 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

What to do about it

Swap “user activity”, “user status” and “user tracking” for “last seen”, “user engagement” and “user online”. “user activity” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #20. “last seen” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “user status” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “user engagement” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “user tracking” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “user online” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
One page off on “user status”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
One page off on “user tracking”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.

Daily downloads

Since 10 Apr 2023 · 1,301 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-5% vs prior 30d

2331 Oct 2026

8004000

2331 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5.3K · peaks are release surges

1.1K31 Oct 2026

6K3K0

1.1K31 Oct 2026

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

Online Active Users · #4999youCBX User Online & La · #7559Fullworks Active Use · #24592Users Insights Lite · #27829

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.731 Oct 2026

52.50

4.731 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

8931 Oct 2026

907560

8931 Oct 2026

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.

56931 Oct 2026

6K3K0

56931 Oct 2026

Release cadence

Actively maintained

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.

releases in the last 12 months

1mo ago

latest release · v3.4.5 · 24 Sep 2026

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.4.5 · 24 Sep 20263.4.4 · 24 Aug 20263.4.3 · 21 Aug 20263.4.2 · 9 Aug 20263.4.1 · 9 Aug 20263.4 · 1 Aug 20263.3 · 30 May 20263.2 · 28 Mar 20263.1 · 22 Dec 20253.0 · 23 Aug 20252.9 · 8 Jul 20252.8 · 5 Jun 20252.7 · 28 Apr 20252.6 · 24 Mar 2025

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v3.3 57%

v3.2 14%

v3.1 9.5%

v3.0 6.4%

Older / other versions 13%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

2K–3K ≈2.1K

Crossed into this band 43 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 2K.

Install history since 9 Apr 2023

2K31 Oct 2026

2K1K0<10 installs

2K31 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ Christos Constantinou
4mo ago

Good
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ tnt2br
4mo ago

very good
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★★★★★ dashdesigns
5mo ago

Saved me dramas when I need to update a client’s website and he is posting an article without me knowing and then I lose it with the updates. Not any more!
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ brianpg0
5mo ago

Users at a glance, very handy.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ Kardon
5mo ago

On a membership site for business users we do updates outside business hours but our members also work outside business hours. No matter the time of day we know if it is safe to do updates without causing them problems. Much easier to feel comfortable doing your work and not as rushed.
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★★★★★ ydrea
6mo ago

fLAWLESS!
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★★★★★ Dipeshkumar
6mo ago

It’s really good plugin for multi users working on Website. It will helpful for tracking and activity logs will also helps to check the things and managing is very easy.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ Kishan Kachhadiya
6mo ago

Perfect for monitoring user engagement works seamlessly with WooCommerce.
Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ 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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Gujarati 17%

German 12%

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 29 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

✓ Says what it does "Online Active Users is a lightweight, powerful plugin to monitor and display how many users are currently o..."
✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("ideal for", "who want").
✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
! Headings and lists 1 heading and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
✓ Enough to quote 4,101 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "user tracking" does not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

2026-09-18 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
2026-09-16 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
2026-09-15 1K+ → 2K+ up after 35 days in tier
2026-08-11 2K+ → 1K+ down after 177 days in tier
2026-02-15 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
2026-02-13 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
2026-02-12 1K+ → 2K+ up after 569 days in tier
2024-07-23 900+ → 1K+ up after 47 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).

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