75
Easy Hide Login
Simple security that might leave you searching for your own login.
HealthyDeclining
75/100
It blocks bots effectively but uses a confusing URL format that causes 404 errors.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.4★
43 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-18%
Declining
53 → 44 installs/day
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
Declining · -18% in the last year
53/day a year ago→44/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayEasy Hide Login is a well-regarded, lightweight plugin for obscuring the WordPress login URL to deter bots and brute-force attacks, though it has a non-standard URL convention and an unresolved 404 conflict with the admin email verification screen that the developer has not addressed.
What people like
- +Effective at blocking bot and brute-force login attacks×4
- +Lightweight and simple to set up×5
- +Works reliably once configured×4
Common complaints
- −Uses a '?' instead of a conventional '/' in the login URL, which is unintuitive and causes user confusion and 404 errors×3
- −Conflicts with WordPress admin email verification screen, causing a 404 error after login; developer has not fixed it or responded to support requests
- −Plugin does not clearly document the required URL format (slash vs. query string), leading to lockouts and wasted troubleshooting time×2
- −At least one user reported a complete site lockout (all login and admin URLs returning 404)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.44★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 43 total
Latest reviews · 43 analyzed
- 2025-10-29★★★★★Perfect and lightdavidf76
- 2025-05-26★★★★★Simple and effectivejohntisbury
- 2025-01-10★★★★★Works perfectly but remove any admin links on your front endJonas Grumby
- 2024-01-24★★★★★It does the jobCristian J. Hidalgo
- 2023-11-29★★★★★Does the basic job, but causes some issuesNela
- 2023-08-30★★★★★Works as promisedsynthezoid
- 2022-10-16★★★★★Out of date and inefficient.bananosonline
- 2021-11-18★★★★★OK but not Greatafricalion
- 2021-10-14★★★★★Does Exactly What it Sayscraigwheat1-shot
- 2021-07-29★★★★★Problems with Password Protected Pagesbyvalentina1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Easy Hide Login
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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.
45
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
51
Prior 7-day baseline
40
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
88
Mean release-day peak (30d)
48
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-11.8%
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.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.16
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
79%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.40 → 4.44★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered