People Page
by jethin · Login & Users
Create a "People Page" that displays a list of selected site users with photos, bios, titles, links and more.
43 health vs 68 average across 402 Login & Users 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 11+ 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 4361 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
19
now · peak 55
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 “20+”. 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
- 2025-08-04 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-08-01 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-31 30+ → 20+ down after 37 days in band
- 2025-06-24 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-23 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-06-16 20+ → 30+ up after 261 days in band
- 2024-09-28 30+ → 20+ down after 16 days in band
- 2024-09-12 20+ → 30+ up after 3 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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Smart User Slug Hider 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
Simple User Listing 900+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
User Switching 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Local Avatars 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/people-page" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="People Page — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> People Page: 20+ active installs, 3.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/people-page