Grade B

LWS Hide Login

Name: LWS Hide Login
Rating: 5.0 (13 reviews)
Author: Aurélien LWS

⤓ Download v2.2.5 on WordPress.org ↗

by Aurélien LWSupdated 2026-05-05🌿The Dependable Sort

A tiny lock for your digital front door.

HealthyDeclining

69/100

The plugin works well but relies on a very small and thin review base.

Loved22/40

Trustworthy10/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum4/12

✂️

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

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// Set your desired login slug here
define( 'CUSTOM_LOGIN_SLUG', 'my-login' );

add_action( 'init', function () {
    // Redirect wp-login.php and wp-admin (when not logged in) to 404
    $request = parse_url( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH );
    $request = trim( $request, '/' );

    if ( $request === 'wp-login.php' || ( $request === 'wp-admin' && ! is_user_logged_in() ) ) {
        wp_die( 'Not found.', 404 );
    }
} );

add_filter( 'login_url', function ( $url ) {
    return home_url( CUSTOM_LOGIN_SLUG );
}, 10, 1 );

add_action( 'parse_request', function ( $wp ) {
    if ( trim( parse_url( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH ), '/' ) === CUSTOM_LOGIN_SLUG ) {
        require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-login.php';
        exit;
    }
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin adds a settings UI to configure the slug and custom redirect page without editing code.

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Active installs

~25,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+

Rating

4.7★

13 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-16%

Declining

91 → 77 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time

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

Declining · -16% in the last year

91/day a year ago→77/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

LWS Hide Login is a well-regarded, lightweight plugin for changing the default WordPress login URL, praised for its simplicity and reliability, with only a single vague critical note that lacks enough detail to identify a real issue.

What people like

+Does its core job effectively — hides or changes the default WordPress login URL without issues×5
+Works on both single-site and multisite WordPress installations
+Easy to set up and use×3

Common complaints

−One reviewer vaguely implies a forced interaction (possibly a review prompt) tied to dashboard functionality, but the complaint is too unclear to confirm

Review trustMostly organic

5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
15%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 31% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 13 total

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3★

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1★

Latest reviews · 13 analyzed

2026-01-28★★★★★Terrible Plugin shineandre
2024-12-11★★★★★Top jeamis
2024-09-02★★★★★Need to review useless abdulnraouf1-shot
2024-06-11★★★★★Très bon petit plugin saponniere
2024-06-05★★★★★Very simple cheick2271-shot
2024-05-13★★★★★simple solen63
2024-05-04★★★★★Simple But Effective Solution dlaryea
2024-01-26★★★★★Simple, Sweet!billgogo
2024-01-04★★★★★merci learnshipforlife
2023-09-27★★★★★Excellent plugin !arbreduperou222

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-05v2.2.5
2026-04-29v2.2.4
2024-12-10v2.2.3
2024-09-02v2.2.2
2024-04-15v2.2
2024-04-15v2.2.1
2023-10-24v2.1.9
2023-08-09v2.1.8

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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.

105

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

114

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

5,192

Mean release-day peak (30d)

127

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-7.9%

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.

31%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.16

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

92%

5★ share in analyzed sample

15%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

—

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.69 → 5.00★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered