User Location and IP
by Sunny Bundel · Login & Users
User Location and IP is a free shortcode based Wordpress plugin that displays real-time information about your users, including their IP address, loca …
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Health
B 71/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈400 estimated
Momentum
-21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “city” for “user ip”. “city” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “user ip” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
71 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.0%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 10.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users 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: Rating quality
Updated 428 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
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: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
28
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 19d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 19d
-1.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| user location your tag | #12 | #24 | down 1 |
| region city isp | #5 | #4 | 0 |
| location of ip | #12 | #19 | 0 |
| user ip | #23 | #23 | — |
| ip address location | #16 | #23 | down 2 |
| ip location | #16 | #20 | down 2 |
| city your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ip address your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| region your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user country your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “city” for “user ip”. “city” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “user ip” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “user location”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 581 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
1.2y ago
latest release · v2.0 · 29 Aug 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 · 61% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 400.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Generosus4.0y ago
This multi-features plugin works out of the box. Perfect for customizing lockout (security) pages. It saved us countless coding hours. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cuber6174.1y ago
Love this, thanks so much! Any chance to have incorporated into text of a post such as “thanks for joining us from USER LOCATION CITY”? Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 User Location and IP <= 1.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-10-03 CVE-2023-31217 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.7 Patched in 2.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "User Location and IP is a free shortcode based Wordpress plugin that displays real-time information about y..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,660 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "user country" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-24 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-21 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-19 400+ → 300+ down after 410 days in tier
- 2025-09-04 800+ → 400+ down after 599 days in tier
- 2024-01-14 700+ → 800+ up after 65 days in tier
- 2023-11-10 600+ → 700+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-11-04 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-03 600+ → 700+ up after 29 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).
- S Show Visitor IP 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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Region City Landing Pages Builder 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
GeoLooks – User IP & Location Finder — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
MyCitySelector — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
IP2Location Country Blocker 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Cities Shipping Zones for WooCommerce 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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