Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Login Require Press
Active installs100+ rounded
Current authorMarat Nepomnyashy
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release6.5 years ago 27 Nov 2019
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record8
Rating4.5 /5 · 4
Added to directory06 Feb 2015
Requires WP3.8.1
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag1.8 behind
Tested up toWP 5.3.23 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Marat Nepomnyashy throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| maratbn | 8 | 06 Feb 2015 | 27 Nov 2019 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Small but established: 100+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
3 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 83% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 12/day30 Aug 2026
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (4) · active installs (100+) · version (1.4.0) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
29 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory11 years ago 06 Feb 2015
Requires WP3.8.1
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag1.8 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 2,469 days (6.8 years). The last was 27 Nov 2019.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 5.3.23, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 18 releases.
- The same account maintains 3 other plugins, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 26 Mar 2017.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 02 Aug 202628 days agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 20 May 20215 years agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2019-11-27). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 27 Nov 20196.5 years agoVersion 1.4.0 released
- 04 Nov 20187.5 years agoVersion 1.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maratbn.
- 19 Aug 201610 years agoVersion 1.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maratbn.
- 14 Jun 201610 years agoVersion 1.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maratbn.
- 17 Apr 201610 years agoVersion 1.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maratbn.
- 19 Jul 201511 years agoVersion 0.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maratbn.
- 06 Feb 201511 years agoVersion 0.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maratbn.
- 06 Feb 201511 years agoVersion 0.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maratbn.
- 06 Feb 201511 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Marat Nepomnyashy for all 29 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 6.5 years ago (27 Nov 2019).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 5.3.23; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs.
- It carries 4 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
What we don’t know yet
- No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
What can’t be known
- Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
Similar plugins
This plugin has not been updated in a long time. These carry the same tags and describe themselves in the same terms, so they are a starting point for a replacement, not a recommendation. Check them yourself.
Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
Protect your WordPress site, pages, posts, WooCommerce products, and categories with single or multiple passwords.
300,000+ installs4.4★ (139)updated 30 Jul 2026
3,000× the installs
Compare side by side PPWP – Password Protect Pages
Password protect WordPress pages and posts by user roles or with multiple passwords; protect your entire website with a single password.
30,000+ installs4.7★ (270)updated 27 Aug 2026
300× the installs
Compare side by side Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention
WordPress login security with brute force protection, Two-factor authentication (2FA/MFA), firewall, IP/country blocking, and login monitoring
1,000,000+ installs4.8★ (1,477)updated 12 Aug 2026
10,000× the installs
Compare side by side Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection
Harden your site security with Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Vulnerability Scanner, Firewall, and more. Formerly iThemes Security.
700,000+ installs4.6★ (3,990)updated 27 Jul 2026
7,000× the installs
Compare side by side Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content
Password Protect Pages, Posts & Content in WordPress
10,000+ installs4.2★ (60)updated 25 Aug 2026
100× the installs
Compare side by side Htaccess by BestWebSoft – WordPress Website Access Control Plugin
Protect WordPress website – allow and deny access for certain IP addresses, hostnames, etc.
300+ installs4.0★ (2)updated 24 Apr 2026
Compare side by side Grouped from the tags each author chose for their own plugin, so the grouping is only as good as those tags.
Reach out about this record
Corrections, missing context, or anything else about Login Require Press: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.