User Taxonomy & Directory
by Umesh Kumar · Login & Users
Also makes 1 other plugin · 60+ installs across the portfolio →
User Taxonomy & Directory helps you effortlessly manage user taxonomies on your WordPress website. With a user-friendly interface, it simplifies t …
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
50+
≈59 estimated
Momentum
+2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “tags”, “taxonomies” and “user directory” 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 2,206 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 58.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,477 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.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1133 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1133 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tags your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| taxonomies your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user directory your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user tags your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user taxonomy your tag | Not checked yet | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 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
- “tags”, “taxonomies” and “user directory” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 376 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,300, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
3.1y ago
latest release · v2.0 · 26 Sep 2023
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 39 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 60.
Install history since 3 Dec 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Burkie3.6y ago
Fantastic plugin – one of the very few to have the hard work done and allow for user taxonomies. Works really well managing on the frontend & backend.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Duke Snoogens4.9y ago
Did nothing, LOL, it installs, but you can’t do anything with it. Tags did NOT show up in the user’s Sorting Column list, so there’s no real point to using it. LOL Also, you can NOT bulk add tags to user, but since Tags don’t appear in the Column List for sorting… well you get the point… unless. UPDATE! It’s also converting my PHP ‘ ” character to ASCII, not cool. lol This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Duke Snoogens.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Manish10.4y ago
Hello Umesh, I have installed the user tag plugin – 1.2.6 There is one issue in plugin. When you change the name of any taxonomy and then try to go inside the taxonomy to add or remove tags, you can not enter. I have debugged and found the solution in. wp-content\plugins\user-tags\lib\class-ut-user-tags-list.php line 113 changed the line from $taxonomy_slug = ut_taxonomy_name( $item[‘name’] ); to $taxonomy_slug = ut_taxonomy_name( $item[‘slug’] );
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ diegooli10.8y ago
Nice, now I can save some user preferences.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hafman10.9y ago
Nice plugin that enables a useful feature. The support is prompt and helpful. 5 Stars
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ganesh Kerkar11.3y ago
Just the way I wanted.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ CleverClogsz11.8y ago
I am using the User Tags plug-in on a multi-author website, with contributors from all over the globe. User Tags comes in handy to generate a tag cloud for countries of residence, for languages spoken and for topics of interest. It adds another navigation method to a website and my website visitors love the added functionality. The taxonomies created by User Tags can be displayed using the default Tag Cloud sidebar widget. Support by plug-in developer Umesh Kumar is fast, friendly, to the point and of an outstanding quality level. Thank you, Umesh!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ silverbackmedia12.0y ago
This is a plugin that works as expected!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "User Taxonomy & Directory helps you effortlessly manage user taxonomies on your WordPress website. With a u..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Filters Available").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,497 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("tags", "user directory", "user tags" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-24 60+ → 50+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 50+ → 60+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 40+ → 50+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2026-07-17 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 40+ → 50+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-06-30 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in tier
Competes with
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