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Protect WP Admin
Hide your login URL or risk a permanent lockout.
GrowingPoor rating
59/100
Many users report severe login lockouts and site breakage despite the customization options.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
3.6★
50 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+154%
Growing fast
14 → 36 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.49★
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 fast · +154% in the last year
14/day a year ago→36/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayProtect WP Admin is praised by a few users for working correctly and being easy to customize, but most reviewers report severe login lockouts, site breakage, and security flaws.
What people like
- +Works correctly for some users×2
- +Easy to customize
- +Custom admin login link works initially
Common complaints
- −Causes login lockout or inability to access admin after activation or WordPress updates (since 5.6)×7
- −Creates redirect loops to the homepage after WordPress 5.6 update (since 5.6)×2
- −Breaks site with 500 server errors or PHP warnings×2
- −Security loophole allowing direct access to wp-login.php despite protection
- −Admin slug exposed, allowing login attempts
- −Bots can still discover the custom login URL
- −Incompatible with certain admin login customizer plugins, causing 404 errors
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.49★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.60★
- 10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 50 total
Latest reviews · 50 analyzed
- 2021-07-17★★★★★Simple Its all done.truekandyan
- 2021-05-03★★★★★A loophole has been found by hackerssamuel
- 2021-03-01★★★★★Plugin created a redirect loop after WordPress version updateelasticio
- 2021-01-28★★★★★NOT compatible with WP 5.6bsp77441-shot
- 2021-01-21★★★★★Works perfect & Awesome supportichmirmich1-shot
- 2020-12-14★★★★★Cannot loginpivonka1975
- 2020-05-06★★★★★Very ProfessionalAnonymous User 17979783
- 2019-06-18★★★★★Cannot LOGINHanun Khan1-shot
- 2019-05-28★★★★★Getting error: PHP message: PHP Warning: getimagesizepwa-class.php on line 271bluenox
- 2019-01-25★★★★★Not working, unfortunatelyfaluxbkk
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.
37
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
40
Prior 7-day baseline
26
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
42
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-7.5%
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.
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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
56%
5★ share in analyzed sample
10%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.56 → 3.49★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered