User Specific Content
by Bainternet · Login & Users
Also makes 18 other plugins · 7.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
This Plugin allows you to select specific users by user name, or by role name who can view a specific post content or page content.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+51%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “content by role”, “content by user” and “user content” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
49 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 97.7K 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.
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.0, well behind 6.8.
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 3259 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.0; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 36 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3259 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| content by role your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| content by user your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user specific content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “content by role”, “content by user” and “user content” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 288 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
9.9y ago
latest release · v1.0.6 · 11 Dec 2016
25
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Aleksandr Novik4.6y ago
The plugin works! Just look at the FAQ, everything is written there in clear language! The usernames may match (my case), so insert in functions.php code below to see user IDs: function true_user_id_column( $columns ) { $columns['user_id'] = 'ID'; return $columns; } add_filter('manage_users_columns', 'true_user_id_column'); function true_user_id_column_content($value, $column_name, $user_id) { if ( 'user_id' == $column_name ) return $user_id; return $value; } add_action('manage_users_custom_column', 'true_user_id_column_content', 10, 3); function true_user_id_column_style(){ echo '<style>.column-user_id{width: 5%}</style>'; } add_action('admin_head-users.php', 'true_user_id_column_style'); Then just select the ID of the desired user or users, use the plugin shortcode and that’s it! P.S. The code for displaying user IDs in the WP user menu is not mine. Unfortunately I can’t attach a link to the source. I will only say that this is the misha.agency website.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ munizasultan8.2y ago
It does not work correctly when user role name and role slug are different for example Role name is ‘Member’ and slug is ‘abc_member’.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ssiruguri8.4y ago
It does what I needed – restrict post read access to specific users
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ muttznutz8.7y ago
Initial problem, as my template wrote content from outside the the WP $content variable, which wasn’t secured. Sorted it out with output buffering. All is good now.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Fellipe Sanches9.4y ago
It’s all 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ holgerhubbs9.4y ago
Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fdecicco9.9y ago
it works great note that role name must match role id/slug or else no match – ideally slug should be used for matching and name for display only.maybe have 2 meta data fields and use one for display and one for compare. thank you for the plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dittox10.0y ago
works very good. I wish supports the whole custom post type for different user roles.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.6). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 User Specific Content <= 1.0.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-12-31 CVE-2025-62749 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.6 No patch available
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 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This Plugin allows you to select specific users by user name, or by role name who can view a specific post..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,199 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 4 tags appear in the text ("content by role", "content by user", "User Content", "user specific content" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-04 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-03 1K+ → 2K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 523 days in tier
- 2024-08-24 3K+ → 2K+ down after 372 days in tier
- 2023-08-18 4K+ → 3K+ down after 243 days in tier
- 2022-12-18 5K+ → 4K+ down after 212 days in tier
- 2022-05-20 6K+ → 5K+ down after 379 days in tier
- 2021-05-06 7K+ → 6K+ down after 108 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).
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