Grade A

Login or Logout Menu Item

Name: Login or Logout Menu Item
Rating: 4.8 (23 reviews)
Author: cartpauj

⤓ Download v1.3.2 on WordPress.org ↗

by cartpaujupdated 2026-05-28🌟The Rising Star

The tiny switch that keeps your menu labels honest.

HealthyGrowing

91/100

This lightweight utility reliably manages menu items for most users despite a single reported theme conflict.

Loved33/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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// Register a custom nav menu meta box item
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'lolmi_dynamic_menu_item', 10, 2 );
function lolmi_dynamic_menu_item( $items, $args ) {
    // Replace the placeholder URL and swap the label based on login state
    if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
        $items = preg_replace_callback(
            '/<a[^>]+href=["\']#lolmiloginout#["\'][^>]*>(.*?)<\/a>/i',
            function ( $m ) {
                $label = explode( '|', $m[1] );
                $text  = trim( $label[1] ?? 'Logout' );
                $url   = wp_logout_url( home_url( '/' ) );
                return '<a href="' . esc_url( $url ) . '">' . esc_html( $text ) . '</a>';
            },
            $items
        );
    } else {
        $items = preg_replace_callback(
            '/<a[^>]+href=["\']#lolmiloginout#["\'][^>]*>(.*?)<\/a>/i',
            function ( $m ) {
                $label = explode( '|', $m[1] );
                $text  = trim( $label[0] ?? 'Login' );
                $url   = wp_login_url( home_url( '/' ) );
                return '<a href="' . esc_url( $url ) . '">' . esc_html( $text ) . '</a>';
            },
            $items
        );
    }
    return $items;
}

Keep in mind:This snippet relies on the placeholder already being in the menu; the plugin also provides a settings UI for custom login/logout redirect URLs and a meta box to add the item from the Menus screen.

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Active installs

~24,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+

→ on track for 30k+in ~3 months

Rating

4.8★

23 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+164%

Growing fast

37 → 97 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +164% in the last year

37/day a year ago→97/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Login or Logout Menu Item is a well-regarded, lightweight plugin that reliably adds login/logout switching to WordPress menus, though one user reported a severe menu-deletion conflict with a specific theme, and another noted the menu label doesn't update correctly after login on mobile devices.

What people like

+Works as advertised — adds login/logout menu item with minimal setup×7
+Praised for being easy to use and integrating cleanly into the WordPress menu system×5
+Considered a solid replacement for older/deprecated login-logout menu plugins×2
+Responsive and helpful developer support noted
+Works with popular themes and frameworks including Genesis×2

Common complaints

−Reported to wipe out the entire main menu on at least one theme (MH Themes Corporate Theme), causing data loss
−On mobile devices, the menu label does not update from 'Login' to 'Logout' after a user logs in

Review trustMostly organic

4.83★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-05-152025-06-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 23 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 23 analyzed

2026-01-06★★★★★No support for PHP version 8.0 or later henhed
2025-07-12★★★★★Worked Easily and Flawlessly Lockhart
2024-04-17★★★★★It's incredible…Pineapple is DISGUSTING on Pizza
2022-09-14★★★★★Fantastic! Thank you.melbatoast4
2022-01-18★★★★★Damn cool yannickburky
2021-10-17★★★★★Does what WordPress should already do ChickenWhisperer
2021-04-16★★★★★works a treat Larissa
2021-04-16★★★★★Be careful Helge Skrivervik
2021-03-12★★★★★Great plugin leokand
2020-07-18★★★★★Really Nice Job.José

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-28v1.3.2
2026-04-12v1.3.1
2026-01-06v1.3.0
2025-05-20v1.2.3
2022-10-27v1.2.2
2021-03-01v1.2.1
2021-01-21v1.2.0
2019-07-01v1.1.1

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

111

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

101

Prior 7-day baseline

140

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

3,974

Mean release-day peak (30d)

374

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

+9.9%

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.

33%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.77

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

96%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

—

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.83 → 4.83★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered