69
LWS Hide Login
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.
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 trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
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 sayLWS 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
Latest reviews · 13 analyzed
- 2026-01-28★★★★★Terrible Pluginshineandre
- 2024-12-11★★★★★Topjeamis
- 2024-09-02★★★★★Need to review uselessabdulnraouf1-shot
- 2024-06-11★★★★★Très bon petit pluginsaponniere
- 2024-06-05★★★★★Very simplecheick2271-shot
- 2024-05-13★★★★★simplesolen63
- 2024-05-04★★★★★Simple But Effective Solutiondlaryea
- 2024-01-26★★★★★Simple, Sweet!billgogo
- 2024-01-04★★★★★mercilearnshipforlife
- 2023-09-27★★★★★Excellent plugin !arbreduperou222
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to LWS 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.
105
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
114
Prior 7-day baseline
99
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
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.69 → 5.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered