Private Website – Login Required
by roehler · Login & Users
Also makes 4 other plugins · 310+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin requires users to be logged in to view the website. Activate the plugin to enforce login, and deactivate it to remove the restriction.
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 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈300 estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “login”, “members” and “restrict access” for “login required”, “required” and “private content”. “login” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “login required” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “members” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “required” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “restrict access” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “private content” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.9%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 4.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 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.
This plugin shipped 3 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 138 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 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.
51
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
45%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| private website | #1 | #13 | — |
| login required | #5 | #23 | up 1 |
| required | #6 | #22 | up 1 |
| private your tag | #7 | #24 | up 3 |
| website feedback | #11 | #21 | up 3 |
| private content | #11 | #24 | up 3 |
| remove private | #7 | #24 | 0 |
| private site | #12 | #24 | up 3 |
| enforce | #18 | #24 | 0 |
| private page | #11 | #24 | up 1 |
| private post | #11 | #24 | 0 |
| private user notes | #15 | #24 | 0 |
| private user comments | #16 | #24 | up 2 |
| private user page | #24 | #24 | — |
| login your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| members your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| restrict access your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user authentication your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
45 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 31 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “login”, “members” and “restrict access” for “login required”, “required” and “private content”. “login” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “login required” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “members” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “required” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “restrict access” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “private content” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 28 Sep 2024 · 764 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 488 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v0.3.2 · 16 Jun 2026
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 56% 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 “300+”. 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 300.
At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 335 days.
Install history since 27 Sep 2024
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin requires users to be logged in to view the website. Activate the plugin to enforce login, and d..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("ideal for", "use it").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Google Analytics, Facebook.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,652 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "members", "user authentication" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-25 200+ → 300+ up after 273 days in tier
- 2026-01-25 100+ → 200+ up after 200 days in tier
- 2025-07-09 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-07 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-07-03 90+ → 100+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2025-06-14 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-13 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-12 80+ → 90+ up after 21 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).
- S Simple Membership After Login Redirection 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
-
Authenticator 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B - R Require Login 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
-
Membee Login 400+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Wbcom Designs – Private Community for BuddyPress 300+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
WPS Hide Login 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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