WP Login Attempts
by Galaxy Weblinks · Login & Users
Also makes 40 other plugins · 24.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
WP login attempts is a very lightweight plugin that lets you customize your WordPress admin login page easily and safely.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 59/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈290 estimated
Momentum
+42%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “login attempts”, “login authentication” and “login limit” 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.
59 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 5.8K 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 549 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 549 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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 attempts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login authentication your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login limit your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login link your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login recaptcha 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 attempts”, “login authentication” and “login limit” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 295 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.5y ago
latest release · v5.5 · 30 Apr 2025
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 76% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 26 Sep 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ssiddiqi41.3y ago
It will not let me login to my WP admin panel after I activate it. I had to delete the plugin by ftp-ing to the server.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jimmy Lee4.5y ago
Thank you for this plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ilhan oğlakçıoğlu5.8y ago
Thank you man… It simply handles the work of 4 different plugins. I will use it on about 250 of my sites.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AlfredG6.9y ago
Very good protection, i used two other plugins for the login redirect and the login attempt blokker. With tis one you have much more. Google Recaptcha but also you can easyly ajust the lohin page to your own tast. and al with very efficient code. I like it a lot.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 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
4 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WP login attempts is a very lightweight plugin that lets you customize your WordPress admin login page easi..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,753 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Login Authentication", "login limit", "login link", "login recaptcha" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 300+ → 200+ down after 308 days in tier
- 2025-12-08 200+ → 300+ up after 1574 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 30+ → 200+ up
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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Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Loggedin – Session Manager, Limit Concurrent Logins & Force Logout 8K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A - R reCaptcha for WooCommerce 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag C -
Hostvn Admin Optimize 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D - J Jeba Limit Login Attempts 80+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D
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