WPMU Ldap Authentication
by Aaron Axelsen · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 160+ installs across the portfolio →
A plugin to override the core WordPress authentication method in order to use a LDAP server for authentication. Currently only supported on MultiSite …
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Health
B 75/100
Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈60 estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “ldap authentication” and “wpmu” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4 and #19 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
75 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 14.2K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 306 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ldap authentication | #4 | #12 | 0 |
| ldap your tag | #7 | #15 | down 2 |
| wpmu | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| authentication your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| multisite your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 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 “ldap authentication” and “wpmu” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4 and #19 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 292 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
10mo ago
latest release · v5.1 · 29 Dec 2025
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 26% 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 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 60.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 213 days.
Install history since 30 Nov 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ clevelandstate13.7y ago
I plugged in the LDAP details that my IT dept. gave me and was able to have users log in and have user accounts and blogs created for them. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Samuel Parsons13.8y ago
This plugin works well for me. We’re using it against Active Directory on more than one multisite installation. The advantage to this plugin to some others is that it’s designed to be a multisite plugin and just works in that configuration. Many of the other plugins out there that work with LDAP and/or ActiveDirectory specifically were first single-site plugins that became Multisite plugins and as such are clunky. The settings make sense, and it didn’t take me much troubleshooting to get the plugin working. If you do run into trouble, make sure to set LDAP_DEBUG_MODE to true in ldap_auth.php to give you some errors to go by. I agree with @boxcarpress’s review that it’s bad to not store the Search User Password value in the database in plaintext. This can be mitigated a little bit by making sure that the rights for that user are buttoned down to just performing searches. This would be a good area of improvement.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ boxcarpress13.9y ago
I would give this a 5 but it would appear that the plugin stores the LDAP Search User Password (LDAP password) as plaintext in the wp_sitemeta table of the database. Super scary to find this!! Using Version 4.0.2.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (5.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,675 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-26 60+ → 50+ down after 56 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 70+ → 60+ down after 45 days in tier
- 2026-07-17 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 70+ → 60+ down after 29 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 50+ → 70+ up after 73 days in tier
- 2026-04-04 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-03 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 60+ → 50+ down after 1 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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Authorizer 6K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - A authLdap 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration 4K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Next Active Directory Integration 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - S Simple LDAP Login 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
- W wpDirAuth 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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