Smart Custom Display Name
by Peter Raschendorfer · Login & Users
Allows you to change the value of "Display name publicly as" in user profiles to any string
54 health vs 59 average across 1,047 Login & Users plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 821 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
41
now · peak 516
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 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-28 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-22 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-21 200+ → 300+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-01-08 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-07 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-06 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-04 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Co-Authors Plus 20K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Meks Smart Author Widget 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable User Login 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
User Profile Picture 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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