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WP strong password

by Abhijit Rakas · Uncategorized

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Plugin force user to use strong password. It works for WP_CLI and WordPress backend.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 57 average across 9,423 Uncategorized plugins

10+

Active installs

≈16 estimated

5.7K

Total downloads

since 2020

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

-23%

20

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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.

30 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 2/100
WP compatibility 22/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 52/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2173 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

-23% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

20

now · peak 216

Directory rank

wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better

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

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈16

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations

Ratings · 1 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
0.0.3
Last updated
6.0y ago
Added
2020-07-01 · 6 yrs on WP
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
5.5.18
Requires PHP
5.6
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Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-03-08 20+ → 10+ down after 27 days in band
  2. 2026-02-09 10+ → 20+ up after 17 days in band
  3. 2026-01-23 20+ → 10+ down after 59 days in band
  4. 2025-11-25 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2025-11-24 20+ → 10+ down after 553 days in band
  6. 2024-05-20 30+ → 20+ down after 115 days in band
  7. 2024-01-26 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
  8. 2024-01-25 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band

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