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User Shortcodes

by HappyPlugins · Login & Users

Also makes 5 other plugins · 2.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Add a simple list of shortcodes to WordPress in order to display the current user information.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
49 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 87/100
Support 70/100

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

1K+

Active installs

≈1.9K estimated

18.6K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.45★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 12 reviews

+123%

154

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 68/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4167 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

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

+123% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

154

now · peak 149

14630d 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 Shortcodes · #7001 you User Role Editor · #89 Manage Notification · #416 Username Changer · #889

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.

146per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

11.4y ago

latest release · v1.0.1

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.1 · 11.4y ago1.0.0 · 12.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

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 2015-04-03 · 1,420 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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Ratings · 12 reviews

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5★
12 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
11.4y ago
Added
2013-10-14 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
4.1.42
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ ram
    9.2y ago

    Shortcode not working in menu

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  2. ★★★★★ sjthrone
    9.6y ago

    Super simple and quick way to add shortcodes without a lot of fluff. Added nickname shortcode and I was good to go!

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  3. ★★★★★ makarand06
    9.6y ago

    Thanks a lot for easy to use and simple plugin

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  4. ★★★★★ mustafayigit
    9.9y ago

    Good plugin

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  5. ★★★★★ ketan.zluck
    10.0y ago

    Very nice plugin to get current user profile information in front end side. Good job.

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  6. ★★★★★ artmaug
    10.1y ago

    It works! Thanks to the developer.

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  7. ★★★★★ joshuamayo
    10.2y ago

    Just install, copy and paste the shortcodes, and it does its job!

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  8. ★★★★★ Ibrahim Elsherbiny
    10.7y ago

    Only business membership blogs will understand how this plugin worth for their membership business. I hope we can donate the developer thanks

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ 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. 2023-07-19 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

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