Password Protected Site and Store
by Codenix · eCommerce
Also makes 1 other plugin · 100+ installs across the portfolio →
This is a great plugin for securing your WordPress Site. Easily set passwords to restrict access to the site and WooCommerce products.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
+139%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Add “protected” and “securing” to your wp.org tags. You rank #9 and #17 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
83 health vs 71 average across 9,825 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.5%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 1.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,168 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce 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 4 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 27 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
4.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 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.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
30%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| protected site | #2 | #16 | 0 |
| protect categories protect store your tag | #5 | #20 | 0 |
| password protected | #7 | #21 | up 2 |
| protected | #9 | #23 | down 1 |
| securing | #17 | #20 | down 1 |
| password protected content | #9 | #22 | 0 |
| password protected pages | #9 | #22 | up 1 |
| password protected posts | #13 | #24 | up 1 |
| password protect site | #18 | #23 | down 2 |
| protected page | #21 | #24 | down 1 |
| password protect | #21 | #23 | up 1 |
| protect page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “protected” and “securing” to your wp.org tags. You rank #9 and #17 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 4 Jun 2025 · 517 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 306 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
27d ago
latest release · v1.1.0 · 7 Oct 2026
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 90.
At the current install trend, crossing 100+ in roughly 46 days.
Install history since 3 Jun 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ estar691.1y ago
Having to choose per product or even category for big stores simply is not a solution, you need the option to be able to protect the whole store with one click
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, REST API.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,191 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 2 tags appear in the text ("protect categories protect store", "protect page" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 80+ → 90+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 70+ → 80+ up after 48 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 60+ → 70+ up after 47 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 50+ → 60+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2026-04-24 40+ → 50+ up after 82 days in tier
- 2026-02-01 20+ → 40+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 30+ → 20+ down after 30 days in tier
- 2025-12-24 40+ → 30+ down after 18 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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Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ C -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ B -
YITH WooCommerce Wishlist 400K+ installs · 3.9★ B -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ C
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