Password Protect – Temporary Login Without Password & Password Protect Entire Site

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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

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 257 days.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-24 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in band
2. 2026-04-21 80+ → 90+ up after 13 days in band
3. 2026-04-08 90+ → 80+ down after 6 days in band
4. 2026-04-02 80+ → 90+ up after 7 days in band
5. 2026-03-26 70+ → 80+ up after 8 days in band
6. 2026-03-18 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
7. 2026-03-15 70+ → 60+ down after 6 days in band
8. 2026-03-09 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first

• Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content 300K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
• Password for WP 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Temporary Login 40K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
• PPWP – Password Protect Pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• ContentProtector – password protect your page, post or text 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C

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Password Protect – Temporary Login Without Password & Password Protect Entire Site: 100+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/smart-password-protect