Smart WP Login
by Nishant Kumar · Login & Users
remove username, login, registration, password, authentication, wp-login, email, smart Requires at least: 3.1.0 Tested up to: 4.2.2 Stable tag: 1.0.
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈100 estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 0/100. Last updated 4152 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
42 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 9.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 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.
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4152 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
3.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.02★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4152 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| login using email your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| registration using email your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| retrieve password using email your tag | Not checked yet | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 181 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 yearHow 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
11.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 19 Jun 2015
4
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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 days ago and the previous band took 20 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 100.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Makapaka9.7y ago
Nishant Kumar’ homepage address http://thebinary.in/ redirects to video porn page! This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Makapaka.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aaaahosting10.5y ago
This would be a great plugin if it worked. Does not send notification emails in version 4.5.2. Hopefully there will be an upgrade in the future. Revised May 7 2016: The new version available here: https://github.com/balfourinc/smart-wp-login will send notification. The login form indicates ’email or username’ but login only works with email. If you’re comfortable with tweaking code you might like this plugin. If youre looking for out-of-the-box functionality, not so much.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ csilveiro11.3y ago
Thanks, it works! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Makapaka11.8y ago
And It was very easy to set up! More, it works for users registered before plugin was installed. Thanks! This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Makapaka.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nishant Kumar12.2y ago
I developed it and tested it on WordPress 3.9.2, it is working fantastically.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "remove username, login, registration, password, authentication, wp-login, email, smart Requires at least: 3..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 2 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 837 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "retrieve password using email" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-28 100+ → 90+ down after 604 days in tier
- 2025-03-03 200+ → 100+ down after 388 days in tier
- 2024-02-09 300+ → 200+ down after 322 days in tier
- 2023-03-24 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-03-22 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-03-20 400+ → 300+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2023-03-14 300+ → 400+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2023-03-07 400+ → 300+ down after 1 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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User Switching 200K+ installs · 4.9★ A -
WPS Limit Login 100K+ installs · 4.8★ A
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