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Simple Login Page Customizer

by mshirk · Login & Users

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This plugin provides a simple, intuitive interface for the customization of the Wordpress User Login Page. The interface allows the user to customize …

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

D 46/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

40+

≈47 estimated

Momentum

-7%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “custom login”, “customizer” and “login page” 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.

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46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 61 average across 2,206 Login & Users plugins

40+

Active installs

≈47 estimated

4.2K

Total downloads

since 2016 · 1.0% still active

4.1/5

Rating

5.0 on wp.org · 3 reviews

-7%

85

Downloads · 30d

category median +1%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.0%

of downloads still active

At least 40 of 4.2K 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.

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30, well behind 6.8.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
3.6
Last updated
7.4y ago
Added
2016-09-08 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
5.2.30
Requires PHP
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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.

40 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 1/100

Updated 2687 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 15/100

Tested up to WordPress 5.2.30; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 54/100

5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 2687 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-7% vs prior 30d
112 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 132 · peaks are release surges

722 Nov 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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.

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

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

7.4y ago

latest release · v3.6 · 25 Jun 2019

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.6 · 25 Jun 20193.5 · 3 Nov 20163.2 · 8 Sep 2016

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v3.6 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈47

Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.

Install history since 17 Oct 2019

402 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ rbtelee
    10.1y ago

    I was struggling to find a reliable way to customize our website login page for returning customers. This was EXACTLY what I needed! It would be really cool if this plugin also offered options for borders and opacity, maybe in the next version?

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  2. ★★★★★ thesettop
    10.1y ago

    This does exactly what it says it does in a very simple fashion. It was everything I needed.

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  3. ★★★★★ bjcool911
    10.1y ago

    This plugin is simple to use and provides an easy way to add basic customization to the WordPress login page. It also works with the “Password Protected” plugin! My only request is a few more options for controlling background image sizes and mobile responsiveness!!

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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 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "This plugin provides a simple, intuitive interface for the customization of the Wordpress User Login Page...."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
  • ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("great for", "who need").
  • ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
  • ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ! Enough to quote 407 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("custom login", "customizer", "login-page-customizer", "sign in page" missing).

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-12 50+ → 40+ down after 24 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-18 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-17 50+ → 40+ down after 250 days in tier
  4. 2025-10-10 60+ → 50+ down after 61 days in tier
  5. 2025-08-10 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2025-08-08 60+ → 70+ up after 10 days in tier
  7. 2025-07-29 50+ → 60+ up after 4 days in tier
  8. 2025-07-25 70+ → 50+ down after 2 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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