SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints
by Niels Lange · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 22 other plugins · 19.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Hides the list of user accounts that the WordPress REST API shows to visitors who are not logged in, which helps prevent user enumeration.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
8K+
≈8.2K estimated
Momentum
+50%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “privacy”, “security” and “users” for “enumeration”, “rest” and “api”. “privacy” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “enumeration” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “security” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rest” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “users” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “api” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 69 average across 915 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →17%
of downloads still active
At least 8K of 47.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.1%, across 502 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Privacy & Consent 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 2 releases 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 37 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| disable rest api | #2 | #15 | 0 |
| endpoints | #2 | #9 | 0 |
| user enumeration your tag | #3 | #17 | down 1 |
| disable rest | #4 | #19 | down 1 |
| rest api your tag | #5 | #18 | down 2 |
| rest api user enumeration | #2 | #13 | 0 |
| rest | #6 | #20 | down 1 |
| enumeration | #6 | #19 | 0 |
| block rest api | #3 | #17 | 0 |
| remove rest api | #3 | #19 | 0 |
| disable user enumeration | #3 | #18 | 0 |
| hide rest api | #3 | #16 | 0 |
| wordpress rest api | #9 | #21 | down 2 |
| disable json api | #4 | #22 | 0 |
| api | #15 | #22 | 0 |
| user accounts | #13 | #23 | — |
| api rest | #6 | #19 | down 1 |
| json rest api | #6 | #20 | 0 |
| rest api security | #11 | #21 | down 1 |
| disable user | #11 | #24 | 0 |
| privacy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| users your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
47 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 21 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “privacy”, “security” and “users” for “enumeration”, “rest” and “api”. “privacy” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “enumeration” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “security” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rest” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “users” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “api” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 8.3K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v2.6 · 26 Sep 2026
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “8K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 8K.
At the current install trend, crossing 9K+ in roughly 67 days.
Install history since 28 Mar 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Joe B5.5y ago
Great plugin, works as it should, a must for any WordPress site.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ philippenantes9.6y ago
Does what is says, and you really shoud use this on all your sites. I just can’t imagine your woocommerce customers login names being exposed via the REST API. Though the REST API is an amazing feature Kudos on this !!!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 9 languages, 6 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
3 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hides the list of user accounts that the WordPress REST API shows to visitors who are not logged in, which..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Block editor, REST API.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 568 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "privacy", "security" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-16 7K+ → 8K+ up after 50 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 6K+ → 7K+ up after 112 days in tier
- 2026-03-07 5K+ → 6K+ up after 174 days in tier
- 2025-09-14 4K+ → 5K+ up after 454 days in tier
- 2024-06-17 3K+ → 4K+ up after 509 days in tier
- 2023-01-25 2K+ → 3K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2023-01-21 3K+ → 2K+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2023-01-14 2K+ → 3K+ up after 102 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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Stop User Enumeration 60K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Restricted Site Access 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
The GDPR Framework By Data443 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Password Strength Settings for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Expire User Passwords 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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