Simple Access Control
by Peter Wooster · Admin & Utilities
A very simple plugin that hides specific pages, posts and menu items from users based on their logged in staus.
48 health vs 57 average across 1,406 Admin & Utilities 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 4.9.29, 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 3164 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
37
now · peak 86
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-02 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-01 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-31 300+ → 200+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-12-24 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-23 300+ → 200+ down after 390 days in band
- 2024-11-28 400+ → 300+ down after 395 days in band
- 2023-10-30 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-10-29 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in band
Competes with
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Duplicate PP 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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