WindCodex SwitchGuard – WordPress User Switching & Audit Log for WooCommerce
by WindCodex · eCommerce
Also makes 6 other plugins · 80+ installs across the portfolio →
Switch between WordPress user accounts in one click – no passwords needed. Secure sessions, role protection, and instant switch-back.
Removed from WordPress.org
wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-08-17 — at the author’s request. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.
Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
-55%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “login as customer”, “login as user” and “switch user” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
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 96 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; the current branch is 7.1
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| login as customer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login as user your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| switch user your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user switching your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “login as customer”, “login as user” and “switch user” 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 30 May 2026 · 75 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 148 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #50,200 to #69,500, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 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.
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
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
3mo ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 29 Jul 2026
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 29 May 2026
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
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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Login as User or Customer — User Switching 100+ installs · 3.4★ · 4 shared tags B -
WindCodex SwitchUser – User Switching and Login as Customer for WooCommerce — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Login As User & Customer Switcher 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Icegram User Switching – Switch User Accounts Instantly, Login as User & Test Roles for WordPress & WooCommerce — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
WP User Switch 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Passe-partout, login as a different user 50+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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