WP Show Site by IP
by d79 · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 60+ installs across the portfolio →
Hide your Wordpress website to unknown IPs and replace it with a HTML page. Useful for developers to work online in private (e.g. maintenance).
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
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈58 estimated
Momentum
+4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “unknown” to your wp.org tags. You rank #20 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
83 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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 1 release 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.
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 137 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ip filter your tag | #15 | #20 | 0 |
| unknown | #20 | #20 | up 2 |
| ip show | #11 | #20 | 0 |
| show ip | #11 | #19 | up 1 |
| filter ip | #18 | #21 | down 1 |
| hide website your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| maintenance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “unknown” to your wp.org tags. You rank #20 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- One page off on “ip filter”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 180 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,300, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v2.5.0 · 18 Jun 2026
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 32% 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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 60.
Install history since 19 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Nyx Solutions2.6y ago
Simple and functional
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ swinggraphics3.6y ago
👍
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Manuel_Laurent9.9y ago
It does exactly what I wanted. I tried several plugins, and this one is my favorite. Great job.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thephrase10.1y ago
Works like a charm. This plugin lets me work on the production site, while a homemade html page (in my case the old page) is shown to everybody else. User tip I viewed my website on my iPhone (wifi off) to test if the ‘old html’ page is really showing for other ip addresses. Webtools like geopeeker.com can also help with this check. Addition to user instructions In addition to the manual: You have to /?wpok for every wordpress page you want to see. Otherwise you get a server not found error. Request for feature It would be nice to see the whitelist of IPaddresses on the settings screen. It helps me check whether the plugin actually works. Or actually is in effect.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hide your Wordpress website to unknown IPs and replace it with a HTML page. Useful for developers to work o..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); 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 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,983 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "hide website" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 60+ → 50+ down after 44 days in tier
- 2026-06-24 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-21 60+ → 50+ down after 35 days in tier
- 2026-05-17 70+ → 60+ down after 219 days in tier
- 2025-10-10 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-10-07 70+ → 60+ down after 30 days in tier
- 2025-09-07 80+ → 70+ down after 99 days in tier
- 2025-05-31 90+ → 80+ down after 26 days in tier
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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Hostinger Tools 3M+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Maintenance 1M+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Maintenance 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
XO Security 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Under Construction, Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Slim Maintenance Mode 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for WP Show Site by IP into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-show-site-by-ip" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Show Site by IP — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Show Site by IP: 50+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-show-site-by-ip
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