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Theme My Login
Customizing your login page is easy but security comes at a premium.
DecliningPoor rating
46/100
The plugin offers simple login customization but many essential security features require paid extensions.
Active installs
~65,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+
Rating
3.7★
460 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-45%
Declining fast
302 → 168 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.44★
- MINORdownloads down 45% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 8 months
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 fast · -45% in the last year
302/day a year ago→168/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayTheme My Login is generally well-regarded as a simple, effective login customization plugin, but users raise real concerns about core features being locked behind paid extensions, plugin conflicts, and inconsistent reliability over time.
What people like
- +Simple to install and effective for login page customization×5
- +Support team is responsive and helpful in resolving issues×4
- +Works well for WordPress web app user access flows×2
- +Offers useful hooks and filters for developers
Common complaints
- −Basic features (e.g. strong password enforcement) require a paid extension×2
- −Conflicts with other plugins, including 2FA plugins and Elementor custom pages/slugs×2
- −Plugin reportedly degraded in quality and reliability after moving to a paid model×2
- −Support on the developer's own page described as unresponsive, with unanswered tickets
- −Missing features out of the box: no redirection, CAPTCHA, or GDPR tools, leaving sites vulnerable to spam registrations
- −Some users report the plugin simply stopped working with no effect on login/registration pages
Review trustMostly organic
- 3.44★Verified rating — drops from 3.70★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 12%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 40% 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 · 460 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-09-04★★★★★Straight forward and well documentedBogdan
- 2024-06-18★★★★★Does exactly what it advertisesSJW
- 2024-03-06★★★★★Perfect plugin, works like a charm and does what it's suppose to do.Emilio Lejit
- 2023-10-05★★★★★Pay for basic featuresjastrzab
- 2023-09-23★★★★★conflicts with about everything. Zero support if you buy itnapes7
- 2023-01-29★★★★★Kills other 2FA pluginsMike1-shot
- 2022-11-22★★★★★Perfect pluginilarreola
- 2022-11-22★★★★★great plugintartarbar
- 2022-10-27★★★★★Good idea but not enoughjaroslawistok
- 2022-10-07★★★★★Sorry its not working againhitztrends
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.
152
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
171
Prior 7-day baseline
148
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
171
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-11.1%
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.
40%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.87
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
57%
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
3.57 → 3.44★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered