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WP REST API – User Meta

by Ruhul Amin · Login & Users

Enhance WordPress REST API by including configurable user meta fields in post responses without additional API requests.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
62 Health · C
Maintenance 48/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

62 health vs 62 average across 709 Login & Users plugins

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.

74 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 56/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 480 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+5% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

138

now · peak 160

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

WP REST API · #23463 Disable REST API · #508 Disable WP REST API · #1097 WordPress REST API ( · #2070

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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
30–40 ≈37

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
1.3y ago
Added
2017-04-09 · 9 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.4
Tested up to
6.7.5
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-26 40+ → 30+ down after 98 days in band
  2. 2026-02-17 30+ → 40+ up after 87 days in band
  3. 2025-11-22 20+ → 30+ up after 18 days in band
  4. 2025-11-04 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
  5. 2025-11-03 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in band
  6. 2025-10-27 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
  7. 2025-10-22 20+ → 30+ up after 8 days in band
  8. 2025-10-14 30+ → 20+ down after 24 days in band

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WP REST API – User Meta: 30+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-rest-api-user-meta