Show User Password
by Carlos Martínez Romero · Login & Users
Also makes 8 other plugins · 4.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin shows the password field (with MD5 Encryption) in the table of the Users section in the WordPress dashboard.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+5%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “display”, “field” and “password” 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.
43 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 6.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1346 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.02★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1346 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| display your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| password your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| show your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user 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
- “display”, “field” and “password” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 169 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Texoma3.3y ago
As long as you only need to see their MD5 password, which is just a bunch of gibberish. But to see user passwords, not a chance. It does not work as the plugin name suggests.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ polipaius5.7y ago
It just displays a bunch of useless encrypted strings, but they don’t give you access to the user profile. Just a waste of time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Carlos Martínez Romero6.3y ago
If you want to keep an eye on MD5 password of your users this is your plugin. So in case you delete the user or change his password you can always set it again without knowing it using the database access.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ henryesmail6.4y ago
Doesn’t work
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin shows the password field (with MD5 Encryption) in the table of the Users section in the WordPre..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 269 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-07 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-06 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-05 200+ → 100+ down after 524 days in tier
- 2024-11-27 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-11-25 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-24 300+ → 200+ down after 331 days in tier
- 2023-12-29 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-28 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
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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Show User ID 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D -
Show User Registration Date 900+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Plugins List 700+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - U User Meta Display 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- F Force Password Change 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
- U User Registration Date And Last Login Date 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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