Unified Login Error Messages
by Lutz Schröer · Uncategorized
Also makes 7 other plugins · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Changes the login error messages revealing the existence of a user name to a more secure version.
Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
-2%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 0/100. Last updated 5631 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 3.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 16,017 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, well behind 7.1.
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 5631 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.2.1; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
0 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5631 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,493 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 154 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and the previous band took 3.8 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 25 Nov 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ itsjustathought13.3y ago
Another little security detail
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 6 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Changes the login error messages revealing the existence of a user name to a more secure version."
- ! 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 633 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text No tags set.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 200+ → 100+ down after 1403 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 100+ → 200+ up
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