76
My Private Site
Instant privacy for your site until you actually need help.
HealthyGrowing
76/100
The plugin offers easy privacy gating but users face technical bugs and a broken support system.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.5★
81 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+9%
Growing
71 → 78 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
Growing · +9% in the last year
71/day a year ago→78/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMy Private Site is a well-regarded plugin for simple whole-site login gating, appreciated for its ease of setup, but it carries recurring concerns around specific bugs (redirect loops, compatibility with block themes, a CMB2 PHP error) and a notably inaccessible support registration system.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use for locking down an entire site to logged-in users only×6
- +Compatibility Mode setting (Theme Fix) resolves issues with block themes
- +Developer (David) provides responsive and helpful support when reachable×2
- +Free version covers the core use case without needing paid add-ons×2
- +Companion add-on available to selectively make certain pages public
Common complaints
- −Support registration on the developer's external site is broken — users report the signup form rejects valid emails, leaving them with no way to file a ticket×4
- −Some users get trapped in a redirect loop on logout, preventing them from logging back in×2
- −Disabling the plugin after enabling privacy did not restore public access for at least one user — the site continued demanding a password even after deactivation
- −A PHP error in CMB2.php (line 1553) introduced by an update blocks plugin/theme management on the site
- −robots.txt returns a persistent 404 error, breaking the site privacy feature for at least one user
- −Custom login URL setting malfunctions by appending hundreds of extra characters to the address bar
- −Some members are randomly prompted to log in again mid-session for no apparent reason
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.52★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 12%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 81 total
Latest reviews · 81 analyzed
- 2026-05-21★★★★★Love that it's so simple… butPaulaJ
- 2026-03-08★★★★★Great plugin, great supportboboberg
- 2026-01-07★★★★★Exceptional Installation and Troubleshooting Servicenkkakimoto1-shot
- 2026-01-06★★★★★Doesn't work anymoretcink
- 2025-04-14★★★★★Excellent pluginmerzakabderrahim
- 2024-11-06★★★★★Good supportprostjm
- 2023-09-06★★★★★perfect for IntranetGonzalo Suez
- 2023-08-20★★★★★Great plugin and great support!mixer71
- 2023-06-28★★★★★Wish it had workedDavid Dean Sr
- 2023-04-28★★★★★Works with block theme when you set Compatibility Mode to Theme Fixabitofmind
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.
77
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
79
Prior 7-day baseline
61
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
227
Mean release-day peak (30d)
68
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-2.5%
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.
22%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.19
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
79%
5★ share in analyzed sample
12%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.46 → 4.52★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered