Two Factor SMS
by Daisuke Takahashi · Login & Users
Add SMS support to "Two Factor" feature as a plugin
41 health vs 60 average across 843 Login & Users plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3977 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
28
now · peak 87
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-11 100+ → 90+ down after 11 days in band
- 2026-06-30 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-06-25 100+ → 90+ down after 842 days in band
- 2024-03-05 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-03-04 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-03-02 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-02-28 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-27 200+ → 100+ down after 57 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- L Limit Login Attempts 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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WPS Limit Login 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
XO Security 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Google Authenticator 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Duo Two-Factor Authentication 3K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
Duo Universal 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B
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