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User Access Shortcodes

by WP Darko · Login & Users

Also makes 7 other plugins · 47.9K+ installs across the portfolio →

The simplest way of controlling who sees what in your posts/pages. Restrict content to logged in users only (or guests, or by roles) with simple short …

How scoring works →
82 Health · B
Maintenance 84/100
Rating quality 87/100
Support 70/100

82 health vs 59 average across 1,442 Login & Users plugins

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.

91 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 94/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 69/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+75% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

222

now · peak 276

22030d 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

User Access Shortcod · #5563 you Disable User Login · #2980 User Profile Picture · #3328 Smart User Slug Hide · #4109

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

220per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

1

releases in the last 12 months

7mo ago

latest release · v2.3

9

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.3 · 7mo ago2.2 · 5.2y ago2.1.1 · 5.9y ago2.1 · 9.7y ago1.3.1 · 11.2y ago1.3 · 11.2y ago1.2 · 11.6y ago1.1 · 11.8y ago1.0 · 11.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.3 91%
v2.1 6.2%
v2.2 2.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

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

Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,426 observations

1KInstalls · 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
2.3
Last updated
7mo ago
Added
2014-11-22 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
3.6
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. ignorance
    1.5y ago

    This plugin is great. The only thing I’m surprised by is that this sort of functionality wasn’t built into WordPress. Thanks for the simple, clean plugin!

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  2. SomniumLucidus
    2.9y ago

    Just what I needed. Non-logged-in visitors: you can’t see this. That’s all. As I often say, sometimes you are just in dire need of a simple and to the point plugin.

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  3. kwenky
    4.4y ago

    Thanks for created this plugin

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  4. oc1ober
    5.5y ago

    Very good and right what I need … To facilitate management should create: 1, Create a button to open the Form specifies the right to view the post or the page (at the bottom of the post or page) and will only show up when the Admin login. 2, If no group or member is selected, everyone can view by default. 3, Options will not affect the permissions of the group and the Admin member. This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by oc1ober.

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  5. stoodlee
    5.5y ago

    Using on WP 5.6.2 PHP 7.4

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  6. nayon129250
    6.1y ago

    Working fine

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  7. jamesradcliffe
    6.2y ago

    Simple and effective plugin with brilliant support.

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  8. mehrab737
    6.3y ago

    Hi, I installed your plugin and when I worked with it, I was very surprised. This is a great and good plugin. I ask you,please the developers of this plugin, to continue developing and improving this plugin, and add more features, because the future is very bright for this plugin.and finally I recommend it to everyone.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7.2

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. 2025-09-03 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

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User Access Shortcodes: 1K+ active installs, 4.9★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/user-access-shortcodes