p5 : Plenty of Perishable Passwords for Protected Posts
by Cyril Batillat · Uncategorized
Specify multiple passwords for pages / posts / custom post types. An expiration date can be set for each password.
47 health vs 58 average across 7,502 Uncategorized 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4441 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
21
now · peak 68
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-17 50+ → 40+ down after 80 days in band
- 2025-12-27 60+ → 50+ down after 219 days in band
- 2025-05-22 50+ → 60+ up after 120 days in band
- 2025-01-22 60+ → 50+ down after 31 days in band
- 2024-12-22 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-21 60+ → 50+ down after 285 days in band
- 2024-03-11 70+ → 60+ down after 280 days in band
- 2023-06-05 80+ → 70+ down after 126 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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PPWP – Password Protect Pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Google Authenticator 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Frontend Reset Password 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A - O OneLogin SAML SSO 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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