User Upgrade Capability

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Link multiple network sites/blogs together - Maintain only one site list of users.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

C 55/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

10+

≈17 estimated

Momentum

+190%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “capability”, “multisite” and “permission” 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.

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How scoring works →

55 Health · C

Maintenance 23/100

Rating quality 80/100

Support 70/100

55 health vs 61 average across 2,204 Login & Users plugins

10+

Active installs

≈17 estimated

3.9K

Total downloads

since 2014 · 0.3% still active

4.2/5

Rating

4.7 on wp.org · 7 reviews

+190%

Downloads · 30d

category median +6%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.3%

of downloads still active

At least 10 of 3.9K 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

28/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

Ratings · 7 reviews

Details

Version: 2.4
Last updated: 2.1y ago
Added: 2014-05-22 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.5
Tested up to: 6.6.11
Requires PHP: —

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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.

68 / 100

Room to improve

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 32/100

Updated 768 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 88/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 59/100

4.7★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 768 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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.

Momentum

Holding steady

+0.3

Velocity

places per keyword, 26d

33%

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 26d

-0.3

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
capability your tag	Not in the top 24
multisite your tag	Not in the top 24
permission your tag	Not in the top 24
role your tag	Not in the top 24
user your tag	Not in the top 24

3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

“capability”, “multisite” and “permission” 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 7 Oct 2022 · 1,486 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+190% vs prior 30d

131 Oct 2026

20100

131 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 85 · peaks are release surges

441 Nov 2026

100500

441 Nov 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

551 Nov 2026

604530

551 Nov 2026

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 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.

releases in the last 12 months

2.1y ago

latest release · v2.4 · 24 Sep 2024

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.4 · 24 Sep 20242.5beta · 6 Jul 20232.3 · 31 Jan 20182.2 · 11 Nov 20172.1 · 24 Dec 20162.0 · 5 Nov 20161.4 · 1 Aug 20161.3 · 30 Apr 20151.2.1.3 · 10 Feb 20151.2.1.2 · 30 Jan 20151.2.1.1 · 16 Dec 20141.2.1 · 13 Dec 20141.2 · 28 Sep 20141.1.1 · 7 Sep 2014

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate

10–20 ≈17

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history since 6 Oct 2022

101 Nov 2026

1050

101 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ JerrytheMouse
5.1y ago

We’ve been using this plugin from the start of our website, and it’s made it much easier to organize our member list, add roles to clarify, keep track of existing membership and those who have expired, and generally make sure everyone is cared for. Thank you so much for creating this very useful and easy to use plugin that fills a real need in the structure of WP.
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★★★★★ dviolante
6.3y ago

This is a great plugin! I recommend it 100% Great Work!
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★★★★★ Fred
6.7y ago

Great plugin. Simple, but effective. Thank you.
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★★★★★ webscape
7.0y ago

Pretty simple and great plugin! Will make your life easier for sure.
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★★★★★ zsnet
9.8y ago

So far no issues
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★★★★★ Illusion Productions
11.2y ago

User Upgrade Capability: Love It! WordPress should have this as a native part of the package. Excellent for user control
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★★★★★ Justin Fletcher
12.4y ago

Works great for where you want to extend a “parent site” with a “sub-site” and control who has access by maintaining the parent site only. If your happy with allocating new capabilities to roles and users this plugin can be a great help. This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by Justin Fletcher.
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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

✓ 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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

English (UK) 100%

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 27 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
! 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 3 headings and 2 lists.
✓ Enough to quote 2,066 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "multisite" does not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

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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User Upgrade Capability: 10+ active installs, 4.7★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/user-upgrade-capability

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