Simple Custom Login Page
by George Pattichis · Login & Users
Also makes 7 other plugins · 65.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple, lightweight plugin to easily customise the admin login page with your brand's logo and colors.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈68 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “branding”, “colors” and “custom login” 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.
81 health vs 61 average across 2,206 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.8%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 3.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,478 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 215 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 7d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 7d
+0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| customise login | #10 | #22 | 0 |
| customise wordpress login | #13 | #23 | down 1 |
| branding your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| colors your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom login your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wp login your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “branding”, “colors” and “custom login” 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 1 Jan 2024 · 1,037 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 165 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v1.0.4 · 1 Apr 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 81% of the way through.
Install history since 31 Dec 2023
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.0.4). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Simple Custom Login Page <= 1.0.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2026-06-01 CVE-2026-10100 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.3 Patched in 1.0.4
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 3 at 90% or more
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A simple, lightweight plugin to easily customise the admin login page with your brand's logo and colors."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 835 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "branding", "wp login" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-09 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-01-03 60+ → 50+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-12-26 50+ → 60+ up after 50 days in tier
- 2025-11-06 60+ → 50+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2025-10-13 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-12 60+ → 50+ down after 29 days in tier
- 2025-09-13 50+ → 60+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-09-03 40+ → 50+ up after 19 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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WP Custom Login Branding 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D -
LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Custom Login Page Customizer 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Easy Hide Login 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simple Custom Login 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
WPS Hide Login 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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