Token Access
by Anthony · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 6 other plugins · 290+ installs across the portfolio →
Limit access to the site to those with a cookie token. Visitors without the cookie see a customisable "coming soon" style of page.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 63/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
+4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “access”, “cookie” and “private” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
63 health vs 69 average across 915 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 6.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 487 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
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: Last updated 487 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| access your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookie your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| private your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| public your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| whitelist your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “access”, “cookie” and “private” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 172 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.3y ago
latest release · v1.8.2 · 3 Jul 2025
9
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 70% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Nov 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ brewgle8.7y ago
We wanted a way to secure a support site for users of a paid site. The paid site is on a different platform (not WP). We weren’t looking for iron clad security, just want to keep prying eyes out. At first we thought we’d have to do some sort of database mind meld. Then I stumbled across this plugin. Now we set all support links to include a specific string at the end, and blamo, they get into the support site. If you go to the site without the string, you get a custimizable page. This was the solution for which we were looking.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 1330246110.7y ago
I wanted to have links on Site A (authorised members only site) to send people to Site B and allow them access to it. Without unauthorised people being able to go direct to Site B and having access. OK so a member of Site A could get the most current token and give it to friends but, I’m sure I could run a con job to update the URL token on the private page on Site A and also in the Mysql database on Site B or something. Good plugin. Took me a while to find a solution so some keywords to help others find this: Allow cross domain access to website secure token authorisation
Read on wp.org ↗
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Limit access to the site to those with a cookie token. Visitors without the cookie see a customisable "comi..."
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 683 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "private", "whitelist" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 20+ → 10+ down after 101 days in tier
- 2026-04-04 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-30 10+ → 20+ up after 271 days in tier
- 2025-07-02 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-06-24 10+ → 20+ up after 243 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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IP Whitelist 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Force login to make the site private – Gozer 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - P PrivatePost 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
User Role Editor 700K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
CookieAdmin – Cookie Consent Banner 400K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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