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Password bcrypt

by Viktor Szépe · Uncategorized

Also makes 7 other plugins · 2.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Replaces wp_hash_password and wp_check_password with PHP 5.5's password_hash and password_verify.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

1K+

Active installs

≈1.4K estimated

31.7K

Total downloads

since 2016

4.12★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+47%

406

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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.

34 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 6/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3690 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+47% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

406

now · peak 1.2K

41830d downloads · Aug 26

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

Password bcrypt · #5214 you PHP Native Password · #5199 WpCrypt · #32718 Ballast Security Has · #39644

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.

418per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

10.1y ago

latest release · v1.0.3

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.3 · 10.1y ago1.0.2 · 10.3y ago1.0.1 · 10.3y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.4K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-12-24 · 1,447 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.3
Last updated
10.1y ago
Added
2016-05-12 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.4
Tested up to
4.5.33
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Ward
    8.4y ago

    Awesome!

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  2. ★★★★★ Martin Hlavac
    8.8y ago

    Simple solution of an important issue

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ Michal Danko
    9.0y ago

    Every WordPress installation needs password hashing with bcrypt. Thanks 🙂

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.0.3 Check for another password plugin. 1.0.3
  2. — Version 1.0.2 Added license file, excuse me. 1.0.2
  3. — Version 1.0.1 This is the WordPress-stlye version of the original roots wp-password-bcrypt plugin 1.0.1

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-24 2K+ → 1K+ down after 606 days in tier
  2. 2024-11-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 537 days in tier
  3. 2023-06-07 4K+ → 3K+ down

Competes with

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