Require First and Last Name
by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) · Login & Users
Require first and last name from users who are editing their profiles.
41 health vs 62 average across 729 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5314 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
20
now · peak 56
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,383 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-01-07 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-01-06 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-01-03 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-01-02 10+ → 20+ up after 29 days in band
- 2022-12-04 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- L Last Name First Name 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- R Rich Text Biography 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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Simple Local Avatars 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Basic User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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