WIP Custom Login

by alexvtn · Login & Users

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WIP Custom Login allows you to customize the login section of WordPress

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⚠ Few reviews

Health

B 84/100

Few reviews

Active installs

700+

≈760 estimated

Momentum

-3%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “customize wordpress login” for “login background”. “customize wordpress login” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “login background” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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How scoring works →

84 Health · B

Maintenance 100/100

Rating quality 70/100

Support 70/100

Security 96/100

84 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins

700+

Active installs

≈760 estimated

74.8K

Total downloads

since 2016 · 0.9% still active

3.8/5

Rating

3.0 on wp.org · 1 reviews

-3%

457

Downloads · 30d

category median +10%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.9%

of downloads still active

At least 700 of 74.8K 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.

Ratings · 1 reviews

Details

Version: 1.3.9
Last updated: 2mo ago
Added: 2016-04-12 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.5.0
Tested up to: 7.1.4
Requires PHP: —

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100

Updated 63 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 50/100

3.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

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.

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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

Losing ground

-0.8

Velocity

places per keyword, 26d

20%

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 26d

-0.4

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
custom login your tag	#23	#24	down 4
login customizer your tag	#23	#24	up 1
login background	#24	#24	down 1
custom login customizer	#16	#24	down 1
customize wordpress login your tag	Not in the top 24
wordpress login your tag	Not in the top 24
wp login your tag	Not in the top 24

11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

Swap “customize wordpress login” for “login background”. “customize wordpress login” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “login background” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-3% vs prior 30d

1131 Oct 2026

5002500

1131 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · peaks are release surges

43331 Oct 2026

1.5K7500

43331 Oct 2026

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

WIP Custom Login · #7880youLoginPress · #218MyWP Login Form · #25105PrimeLogin Pro · #31002

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

331 Oct 2026

52.50

331 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

8431 Oct 2026

907560

8431 Oct 2026

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.

61931 Oct 2026

1.5K7500

61931 Oct 2026

Release cadence

Occasionally updated

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

2mo ago

latest release · v1.3.9 · 29 Aug 2026

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3.9 · 29 Aug 20261.3.8 · 27 Jun 20261.3.7 · 21 Jun 20261.3.6 · 23 Apr 20251.3.5 · 9 Dec 20241.3.4 · 30 Nov 20241.3.3 · 2 May 20241.3.2 · 28 Jan 20241.3.1 · 16 Sep 20231.3.0 · 19 May 20231.2.9 · 15 Apr 20231.2.8 · 4 Nov 20221.2.7 · 22 Sep 20221.2.6 · 2 Sep 2021

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.3 81%

v1.2 12%

v1.1 7.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

700–800 ≈760

Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 61% of the way through.

Install history since 4 Mar 2017

70031 Oct 2026

2K1K0

70031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ randomhumanmind
8.9y ago

Does not allow the insertion of captcha, tried three captcha plugins with the same result. The captcha’s do not show the equations just a form to guess in. The form isn’t given room to show the full captcha that works on other custom login tools. For the good part, the customisation forms a good, although, lengthy and could be made easier to manage on one page. It appears this plugin is at it’s early stage, but it mostly works.
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Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.3.9). Sites still on an older version should update.

Patched Medium · 6.5 WIP Custom Login <= 1.2.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via save_option ↗

2023-05-22 CVE-2023-33313 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.2.9 Patched in 1.3.0
Patched Medium · 6.5 WIP Custom Login <= 1.2.7 - Missing Authorization ↗

2022-10-24 CVE-2022-42884 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.2.7 Patched in 1.2.8

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ 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 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Russian 92%

Italian 68%

Swedish 36%

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 26 Oct 2026

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

✓ Says what it does "WIP Custom Login allows you to customize the login section of WordPress"
! 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 4 headings and 1 list.
✓ Enough to quote 1,028 characters of description.
! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("customize wordpress login", "login customizer", "wordpress login", "wp login" missing).

Growth timeline

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

2026-06-09 800+ → 700+ down after 152 days in tier
2026-01-08 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
2026-01-07 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
2026-01-06 900+ → 800+ down after 213 days in tier
2025-06-07 1K+ → 900+ down after 977 days in tier
2022-10-04 2K+ → 1K+ down

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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