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Show IP address

by Keith Griffiths · Login & Users

A simple plugin to show your visitor’s IP address on pages, posts, widgets, and the admin dashboard. Lightweight and easy to use.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
70 Health · B
Maintenance 60/100
Rating quality 81/100
Support 70/100

70 health vs 59 average across 1,442 Login & Users plugins

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.

80 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 67/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+79% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

211

now · peak 1.2K

20630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Show IP address · #6899 you Gryphon Verified Cli · #48428 IP2Location Country · #1082 User IP and Location · #4003

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

5Stars · Aug 26

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.

206per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.1y ago

latest release · v1.8

9

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.8 · 1.1y ago1.7 · 1.1y ago1.6 · 3.3y ago1.5 · 5.3y ago1.4 · 7.3y ago1.3 · 10.3y ago1.2 · 10.9y ago1.1 · 11.1y ago1.0 · 11.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 67% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.8 67%
v1.6 18%
v1.5 8.6%
Older / other versions 6.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
1K–2K ≈1.4K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2015-10-09 · 1,422 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.8
Last updated
1.1y ago
Added
2015-06-17 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
3.6
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
5.6

Recent reviews

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  1. M.F. Jong
    8.1y ago

    Even though this plugin is not updated for several years it works just perfect. We use it on our support pages so clients can see their own IP address when we need it.

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  2. zixus
    10.2y ago

    The plugin worked as expected without any issues giving accurate information about the site visitors IP address, should be a great solution for those that need it.

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  3. trishahdee
    10.3y ago

    UPDATE: Developer fixed problem so I am changing my 1-star review to 5-stars as it is working great now. Thank you! —- Original Review —- Can not activate the plugin. When I try I get the following message: The plugin does not have a valid header.

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  4. Keith Griffiths
    10.9y ago

    I thought I would create a simple plugin,that does what its meant to do, it’s simple and it works. Working on a few issues to do with ‘shell_exec()’ but apart from that it works.

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  5. luckyfox
    10.9y ago

    As promised, the plugin has been revised/updated and returned to it’s roots of being a plugin designed to show one’s IP and doing it correctly and effectively. Glad to see we were able to get things sorted! Thank you so much for listening and working with feedback, author! Updated to 5 stars for doing what it’s meant to do, simple and well! ORIGINAL REVIEW ( 1 Star ) Created support topic over 2 months ago. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabled-shell_exec Even went so far as to attempt to contact him via his personal site to ensure he was made aware of this problem and support topic via http://www.keith-griffiths.com/contact-me No reply at all. Creator boasts “Any suggested updates I’ll consider in each build.” but can’t be bothered to provide support for an issue that has arisen specifically from this plugin. 1 star, because no lower rating is available, due to errors and nonexistent support.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

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