User Hierarchy
by Jesper van Engelen · Login & Users
Control user management on a per-role basis. Allow users of a certain role to only add, edit or delete users from specific other roles.
45 health vs 64 average across 567 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4829 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
19
now · peak 69
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,366 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-24 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-23 20+ → 30+ up after 19 days in band
- 2025-12-04 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-03 20+ → 30+ up after 18 days in band
- 2025-11-15 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-13 20+ → 30+ up after 204 days in band
- 2025-04-23 30+ → 20+ down after 210 days in band
- 2024-09-25 40+ → 30+ down after 24 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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HM Multiple Roles 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags C -
User Role Editor 700K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Controlled Admin Access 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
View Admin As 9K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
Disable User Login 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
User Profile Picture 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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