Page Whitelists
by corvidism · Login & Users
NOTICE: This plugin is no longer in active development. Limit user access only to selected ("whitelisted") pages by creating whitelists and …
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈56 estimated
Momentum
-66%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “deleting pages”, “pages” and “uam” 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.
47 health vs 61 average across 2,204 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 4.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,477 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, 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 2767 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.6.30; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2767 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| deleting pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| editing pages your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| uam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user access management your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “deleting pages”, “pages” and “uam” 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 74 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,300, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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 1 Nov 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
7.6y ago
latest release · v4.0.2 · 5 Apr 2019
12
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 61% of the way through.
Install history since 27 Nov 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ weexable8.6y ago
It’s quite simple (user friendly) and very very useful! As mentioned, it is required for those people that has to grant access to specific pages for editing purposes and not more than that. Many thanks! And hope it will be tested with higher versions of wordpress.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SITEWEB449.9y ago
Thank you for your plugin, very usefull
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ IanAW11.5y ago
Simple to use and allows a specific user to edit specific pages I am unable to access the chosen PAGE from the Dashboard > Pages menu but this is not a real problem and might be dues to my chosen options from the User Role Editor, see below I use it in conjunction with the User Role Editor from Vladimir Garagulya to further manage specified user capabilities
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lkadletz12.1y ago
An easy way to allow the user to edit only a few pages. Works perfect. Thanks for it!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-10 60+ → 50+ down after 43 days in tier
- 2026-04-28 70+ → 60+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 70+ → 60+ down after 130 days in tier
- 2025-12-05 80+ → 70+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2025-11-23 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-19 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).
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WP-PageNavi 400K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Nested Pages 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C - I Insert Pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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Widgets on Pages 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C - P Post Tags and Categories for Pages 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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