Private Area for WordPress
by Evolve · Login & Users
Private Area allows you to create restricted sections of your website that only logged users can access, and that are completely invisible to search e …
43 health vs 68 average across 395 Login & Users plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.18.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2142 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
30
now · peak 75
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-13 70+ → 60+ down after 105 days in band
- 2026-03-30 80+ → 70+ down after 109 days in band
- 2025-12-11 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-10 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-12-04 90+ → 80+ down after 203 days in band
- 2025-05-15 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-14 90+ → 100+ up after 12 days in band
- 2025-05-02 100+ → 90+ down after 5 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple Membership 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
BP Profile Search 5K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - S Simple Membership Form Shortcode 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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Groups 404 Redirect 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B - P Private Suite 60+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Safe Private 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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