Social Login, Passkeys, Magic Link & Email OTP – Passwordless Login by VentraConnect
by Fahad Aslam · Email & Marketing
Also makes 2 other plugins · 100+ installs across the portfolio →
Social login & passwordless login with Passkeys, Magic Link and Email OTP, plus Guardrails to control spam registrations.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈100 estimated
Momentum
+95%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “social login” for “otp”. “social login” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “otp” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 66 average across 2,124 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 3.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,294 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 19 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 9 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
9%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| guardrails | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| passkeys your tag | #8 | #15 | 0 |
| email otp your tag | #9 | #17 | down 1 |
| passwordless login your tag | #13 | #21 | up 1 |
| magic link your tag | #13 | #19 | 0 |
| passwordless | #17 | #22 | 0 |
| social login your tag | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| magic | #22 | #21 | down 1 |
| otp | #23 | #21 | down 2 |
| magic link login | #9 | #19 | down 2 |
| magic login | #10 | #19 | down 4 |
| otp login | #22 | #22 | down 1 |
| email magic link | #18 | #21 | down 2 |
| otp by email | #21 | #20 | down 2 |
| wordpress social login and register | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| login otp | #21 | #22 | down 2 |
| login with otp | #22 | #21 | down 4 |
46 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 29 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “social login” for “otp”. “social login” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “otp” 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 “magic link”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “passwordless login”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 13 Dec 2025 · 324 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 841 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
19
releases in the last 12 months
9d ago
latest release · v1.4.7 · 24 Oct 2026
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 70% 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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 100.
At the current install trend, crossing 100+ in roughly 24 days.
Install history since 13 Dec 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ velowp6mo ago
I was using a separate social login plugin before, but still had a few headaches with users forgetting passwords and needing resets. Switched to VentraConnect and setup was pretty straightforward. I’m now using Google login plus Magic Link, and it’s made the login process much smoother for users. I like that social login and passwordless login are handled in one plugin instead of having to piece things together. Less hassle for users, fewer login issues for me.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ayaanatif9mo ago
If you want social login but don’t want random people creating junk accounts. The guardrails feature is super handy, the settings are easy to follow, and the UI looks clean. Everything’s been working smoothly for me so far.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ haris0929mo ago
Simple and effective social login plugin. Setup was quick and everything worked without issues.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.4.7). Sites still on an older version should update.
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.
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
7 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 20 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 20 of 20 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("who want", "designed for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, BuddyPress, LearnDash and 8 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 19 headings and 13 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 11,567 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-30 100+ → 90+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 90+ → 100+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-09-30 80+ → 90+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 70+ → 80+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-09-01 60+ → 70+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2026-08-15 50+ → 60+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2026-07-26 40+ → 50+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 30+ → 40+ up after 12 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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Magic Login – Magic Link & Passwordless Authentication for WordPress – Login Without Password 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Email OTP Authenticator – Login, Register & 2FA 100+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Wapu Auth – Social Login for WordPress and WooCommerce 70+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
User Registration & Login – Magic Links & Email OTP Verification, Passkeys & 2FA, Cloudflare Turnstile, Google reCAPTCHA & Honeypot – HMDIA 50+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
MojoAuth Passwordless Authentication 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
HappyAccess – Temporary Login, Passwordless Login and 2FA — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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