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Frontend Reset Password
Simple frontend resets that sometimes struggle to deliver the email.
HealthyDeclining
76/100
It offers simple frontend password resets but suffers from inconsistent email delivery and messy code.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.4★
38 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-23%
Declining
72 → 56 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 · -23% in the last year
72/day a year ago→56/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFrontend Reset Password is widely praised for its ease of use and simple front-end password reset functionality, but users report email delivery and translation issues along with limited customization.
What people like
- +Easy to install and use, requiring no developer knowledge×11
- +Provides a front-end password reset form that avoids the backend profile page×2
- +Allows customization of the password-reset email content×2
- +Supports translation (e.g., works with Loco-translate)×2
- +Lightweight and does not add unnecessary bloat
- +Can be used to override other login pages (e.g., LearnPress)
- +Enables creation of a custom forgot-password form without extra plugins
Common complaints
- −Password-reset emails are sometimes not sent×2
- −Redirects to the default WordPress login page or fails silently during reset×2
- −Certain strings are not translatable via the plugin settings and require code edits
- −Multilingual support is poor; translating the plugin can break functionality
- −Limited customization options; users request clearer settings and more flexibility×2
- −Code quality is considered messy and procedural, raising security concerns
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.45★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 38 total
Latest reviews · 39 analyzed
- 2024-12-19★★★★★Superb Little Pluginalistairgd
- 2024-11-17★★★★★Your plugin is a pure marveldavid38220
- 2024-08-19★★★★★Super easy and usefull!gokhaanc
- 2023-06-30★★★★★Great Plugin for my leardash website, Thanks :)alexkarc
- 2021-07-07★★★★★Great Plugin – Easy to handlefilewalker
- 2021-04-20★★★★★not working on my page.jurez123
- 2021-02-27★★★★★Excelente plugindiza
- 2021-02-01★★★★★Ty for recognizing the problemzachkinsey
- 2021-01-20★★★★★Works perfect!alinaalinuta
- 2021-01-18★★★★★It does the job rightdanielepais
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.
54
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
58
Prior 7-day baseline
47
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
110
Mean release-day peak (30d)
99
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-6.9%
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
2.83
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
80%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
—
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.46 → 4.45★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered