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OpenID Connect Generic Client
Reliable SSO connectivity that occasionally forgets to log you out.
Growing
73/100
Users value the wide provider support and easy setup despite minor logout issues.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
5.0★
20 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+47%
Growing fast
134 → 197 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +47% in the last year
134/day a year ago→197/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayOpenID Connect Generic Client is widely praised for its straightforward setup and reliable integration with diverse OpenID providers, though a few users note that the logout feature may require custom fixes.
What people like
- +Simple installation and configuration
- +Works with a wide range of OpenID Connect providers, including custom and WHMCS integrations×5
- +Active maintenance and responsive support via GitHub×2
- +Enables single sign-on across multiple WordPress sites
- +Provides flexible user-creation control through WordPress filters
- +Considered superior to the earlier generic OpenID Connect plugin
- +Specific compatibility with WHMCS for OpenID Connect×2
Common complaints
- −Logout functionality does not work out of the box and may require custom code
Review trustMostly organic
- 5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 25%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
- 100%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 20 reviews — not yet a proven track record
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 20 total
Latest reviews · 20 analyzed
- 2026-02-14★★★★★Excellent plugin and outstanding developer supportlmu0071-shot
- 2025-02-24★★★★★Great Plugin!Robert
- 2024-08-28★★★★★It just works!imoorena1-shot
- 2023-10-17★★★★★Best OpenID plugin and free!Matthias Kittsteiner
- 2023-05-27★★★★★Best Openid client plugin by far.Xavi Ivars
- 2023-04-02★★★★★The best there is, lightweight and easy to useV.E.L
- 2023-02-18★★★★★Workskumitterer1-shot
- 2022-08-21★★★★★This deserves more!backpackingseries
- 2021-10-16★★★★★Easy to expand on and usemme
- 2021-09-03★★★★★Perfectcyrillbolliger
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
205
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
193
Prior 7-day baseline
133
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
346
Mean release-day peak (30d)
205
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+6.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.69
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
100%
5★ share in analyzed sample
25%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
5.00 → 5.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered