Grade B

WP Last Login

Name: WP Last Login
Rating: 3.7 (25 reviews)
Author: Konstantin Obenland

⤓ Download v7 on WordPress.org ↗

by Konstantin Obenlandupdated 2026-05-28🌿The Dependable Sort

A simple plugin that often forgets to do its one job.

HealthyGrowingPoor rating

71/100

The plugin often fails to record login dates. It also struggles with multisite networks.

Loved18/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest11/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum11/12

✂️

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

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// Record last login time.
add_action( 'wp_login', function ( $user_login, $user ) {
	update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'last_login', time() );
}, 10, 2 );

// Register the column.
add_filter( 'manage_users_columns', function ( $columns ) {
	$columns['last_login'] = 'Last Login';
	return $columns;
} );

// Render the column value.
add_filter( 'manage_users_custom_column', function ( $output, $column, $user_id ) {
	if ( 'last_login' !== $column ) {
		return $output;
	}
	$time = get_user_meta( $user_id, 'last_login', true );
	if ( ! $time ) {
		return '&mdash;';
	}
	$date = date_i18n( get_option( 'date_format' ), $time );
	$full = date_i18n( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $time );
	return '<span title="' . esc_attr( $full ) . '">' . esc_html( $date ) . '</span>';
}, 10, 3 );

// Make the column sortable.
add_filter( 'manage_users_sortable_columns', function ( $columns ) {
	$columns['last_login'] = 'last_login';
	return $columns;
} );

// Handle the sort query.
add_action( 'pre_get_users', function ( $query ) {
	if ( ! is_admin() || 'last_login' !== $query->get( 'orderby' ) ) {
		return;
	}
	$query->set( 'meta_key', 'last_login' );
	$query->set( 'orderby', 'meta_value_num' );
} );

Keep in mind:Does not replicate multisite network-admin support or the filter hooks for custom date format and role-based visibility.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

→ on track for 20k+in ~1 year

Rating

3.7★

25 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+28%

Growing fast

25 → 32 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORverified rating is 3.70★

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 · +28% in the last year

25/day a year ago→32/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

WP Last Login is generally praised for its simplicity and basic functionality, but many users report that it often fails to record login dates correctly, showing “Never” for users and having broken sorting features.

What people like

+Easy to install and use with no configuration required×2
+Works with TwoFactor and Limit Login Attempts plugins
+Provides accurate last login information and functions reliably for many users×5

Common complaints

−Displays "Never" for user login dates even when users have logged in, making the data unreliable×6
−Sorting by last login does not work×2
−Does not work on WordPress multisite networks
−Uninstall leaves column title in user view
−Adds significant overhead, making it feel heavy

Review trustMostly organic

3.70★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.70★
8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-01-162025-04-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 25 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 25 analyzed

2026-01-01★★★★★Very useful Joris Le Blansch
2024-10-04★★★★★as perfect as simple amiens80
2024-04-03★★★★★Works WP 6.5 flyingkites
2023-12-27★★★★★Excellent + now compatible with Two Factor DigitalGdn
2023-01-30★★★★★Doesn't work, sadly editorialteamnwu
2019-12-13★★★★★Is not reliable Dirk
2018-08-02★★★★★Didn't help me do what I needed to do.rwbeckettcorp
2018-07-13★★★★★Last Login to the WP Core mbenken
2018-06-06★★★★★Good job!Adam Pery
2016-11-21★★★★★Works fine chriger

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-28v7
2023-12-22v6
2023-10-28v5
2021-07-16v4
2020-11-23v3
2017-12-22v2
2015-06-16v1.4.0
2014-09-04v1.3.0

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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-18.9%

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.

25%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.55

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

52%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

—

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

3.72 → 3.70★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered