View User Metadata
by Sully · Login & Users
Also makes 5 other plugins · 20K+ installs across the portfolio →
A lightweight plugin that allows you to view user metadata, export them CSV or JSON, or delete key/value pairs.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+51%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “switch user”, “view” and “multi user” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11, #14 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
83 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.0%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 16.7K 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.
This plugin shipped 3 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 10 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
47
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
31%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| user metadata your tag | #1 | #12 | up 1 |
| metadata | #3 | #19 | up 4 |
| user meta your tag | #8 | #22 | up 6 |
| user meta data your tag | #14 | #23 | up 9 |
| view | #14 | #22 | up 10 |
| usermeta | #8 | #17 | 0 |
| simple metadata | #6 | #22 | 0 |
| switch user | #11 | #23 | up 1 |
| view as user | #9 | #23 | up 1 |
| post metadata | #10 | #24 | down 1 |
| user profile view | #11 | #24 | — |
| multi user | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| view site | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| debug meta | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| show user meta | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| view all | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| custom view | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| csv to json | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| view post | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| debug your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
38 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 19 listed. 19 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “switch user”, “view” and “multi user” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11, #14 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “user meta data”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 26 Mar 2023 · 1,316 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.7K · 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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
10d ago
latest release · v1.3 · 21 Oct 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Mar 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ johndeebdd2.4y ago
Several things about this plugin: 1) It just works the way it’s supposed to. 2) It doesn’t have any B.S. bloatware, ads, popups etc. 3) What it does have, that I haven’t seen before, is a string change in the plugins.php that creates a link “Need help?” link to an external link. Couple things about that: It’s extremely non-obtrusive, and not-annoying. In fact, it’s right where it’s supposed to be. If you’re looking at that line in the screen, you probably need help with that plugin. It’s real estate the plugin owns. HOWEVER, the user has to see it every time they look at plugins.php. That’s a great idea from a plugin developer pov. It’s unobtrusive, and you HAVE to see it all the time. Anyway, I’m stealing that idea. Oh, the plugin is great too! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A lightweight plugin that allows you to view user metadata, export them CSV or JSON, or delete key/value pa..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "built for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gravity Forms, Cloudflare.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,165 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "debug", "user meta data" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-23 900+ → 1K+ up after 46 days in tier
- 2025-10-08 800+ → 900+ up after 97 days in tier
- 2025-07-03 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-02 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-01 700+ → 800+ up after 80 days in tier
- 2025-04-12 600+ → 700+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2025-02-14 500+ → 600+ up after 67 days in tier
- 2024-12-09 400+ → 500+ up after 76 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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