Read More Login
by arildur · Login & Users
Put a combined read more/login/registration form in your posts and pages. The visitors must log in or sign up to read more.
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
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “access”, “login” and “read more” 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.
49 health vs 61 average across 2,204 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 7.9K 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.
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 1920 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1920 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| access your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| read more your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| register your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “access”, “login” and “read more” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 121 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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
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
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
5.3y ago
latest release · v2.0.3 · 31 Jul 2021
11
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 months ago; the previous band took 15 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 20 Aug 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ httpscore3.0y ago
It worked some weeks before, but now I discovered that it completely stopped to work. Last updated 2(!!!) years ago. Unfortunately this nice plugin has been abandoned by the author.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SAypar3.1y ago
Thanks to this plugin, website visitors are forced to register in order to be able to read the entire content. This increases the number of registered members on a website and content becomes more important. Thank you for a very easy to use and functioning plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Andrews325.8y ago
Probably the best of similar plugins! I only disappointed with one moment: Unable to translate EVERY button text / phrase via WordPress admin panel. I was have to immerse to the plugins` templates. But after that, I must NOT update the plugin… ============== Пожалуй, это лучший из подобных плагинов! Куча настроек, всё работает без ошибок. Разе что перевести на русский можно не все надписи / фразы. Пришлось лезть в недра плагина. И после этого его нельзя будет обновлять.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ runfun5.9y ago
Exactly what I’m looking for but when someone wants to read a post again it gives a session expired warning.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hanuka7.5y ago
Simple, easy to configure and does what it is supposed to. The only feature I would like to see in the future update is avalibility of adding more fields to the registration form because you have only 3 now (email, name, last name). Other than that it works like a charm when you want your visitors to register in trade of getting access to the hidden content.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ iamseye7.7y ago
I have struggled to build this function to collect more emails and also protect my content. This is so useful. I met some problems when I first installed. And the support is very very helpful. In the end is I haven’t cleaned the cache, and have conflicts with my theme. also some email sending problem. But supporting is all along the way. Thank you so much 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous7.7y ago
Congratulations. VERY COMPLETE PLUGIN! There are just one little problem. The login area should accept shortcodes so we can use our login plugins that uses shortcodes. Anyway, thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.0.3). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 4.4 Read More Login <= 2.0.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-06-05 CVE-2025-28989 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.3 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 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 Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,365 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "shortcode" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-05-04 300+ → 200+ down after 463 days in tier
- 2024-01-27 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-01-25 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-01-21 400+ → 300+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2024-01-06 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-01-05 400+ → 300+ down after 504 days in tier
- 2022-08-19 300+ → 400+ up after 712 days in tier
- 2020-09-06 100+ → 300+ up
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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AJAX Login and Registration modal popup + inline form 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
UsersWP – ReCaptcha 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Authenticator 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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