Restrict Page By Role
by Leo Baiano · Blocks
This WordPress plugin allows you to restrict access to the content of a page or post to which only certain group of users can access.
44 health vs 69 average across 935 Blocks 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3640 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
50
now · peak 151
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 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-11-08 30+ → 20+ down after 151 days in band
- 2024-06-10 40+ → 30+ down after 201 days in band
- 2023-11-22 50+ → 40+ down after 31 days in band
- 2023-10-22 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-10-20 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-10-19 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-10-16 50+ → 40+ down after 20 days in band
- 2023-09-26 40+ → 50+ up after 53 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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My Private Site – Make Your Whole Site Private, Force Login & Block Registration Spam 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Anonymous Restricted Content 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C - U Under Construction Per Page 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
- V Very basic content restriction 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
- P Pageview content restriction 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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