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SN Extend Authentication

by pgautam · Login & Users

This plugin allows admin to disable anonymous (non authenticated users) browsing of selective posts, pages, feeds or complete WordPress site.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 81/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 59 average across 1,443 Login & Users plugins

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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, well behind 6.8.

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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4623 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+21% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

34

now · peak 49

3430d downloads · Aug 26

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

SN Extend Authentica · #38853 you Authenticator · #5373 Membee Login · #10848 Loginizer · #46

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.

3.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

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

12.7y ago

latest release · v1.3

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3 · 12.7y ago1.2 · 13.0y ago1.1 · 13.3y ago1.0 · 13.3y ago

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.

v1.3 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

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

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,370 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.3
Last updated
12.7y ago
Added
2013-05-10 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
2.8
Tested up to
3.7.41
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. madhusudan
    13.0y ago

    It’s very nice and helpful for restricting the anonymous user from specific posts/page/data.

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  2. vyasneetesh
    13.3y ago

    It is very helpful to enable log-on feature on individual post and pages. Would be great if I could have an strategy to make the authentication decision. like if page visits are not getting higher, remove the authentication for the page..

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  3. thealokkr
    13.3y ago

    Feature offered by this plugin seems to be extensive and addresses quite a few typical business needs. Ranging from full restriction to partial restriction is helpful for scenarios like public content vs premium content. Support for custom post type is a welcome feature. Global settings can be overridden at individual post level which reduces lot of administrative pains. I am considering this plugin for a enterprise specific community which needs to be available on internet but restricted to employees only. Thanks for a great plugin

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  4. parul18
    13.3y ago

    Awesum plugin, i got to restrict and unrestrict the users, just within a few minutes.. and my premium content was available only to specific users….

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  5. diveshkumar
    13.3y ago

    This plugin is really helpful for websites / blogs where admin wants only authenticated users are able to view thew content. With really simple configuration this plugin can make any WordPress blog restricted to anonymous users.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-06-12 20+ → 10+ down

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SN Extend Authentication: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/sn-extend-authentication