Redirect Front-end to Login | Headless WP
by Benjamin Intal · Uncategorized
Redirects all front-end pages to the login page, best for building a headless WP REST API backend
41 health vs 62 average across 5,366 Uncategorized 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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 3216 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
265
now · peak 378
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-17 40+ → 30+ down after 92 days in band
- 2026-01-15 30+ → 40+ up after 182 days in band
- 2025-07-17 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-16 30+ → 20+ down after 18 days in band
- 2025-06-28 20+ → 30+ up after 413 days in band
- 2024-05-11 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
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