WordPress plugin comparison

Disable User Login vs Live username availability checking

Disable User Login

by Saint Systems

6K+ installs5.0

Live username availability checking

by Arthur Gay

10+ installs

At a glance

Disable User Login has more active installs: 6K+, against 10+ for Live username availability checking.
On a typical day, Disable User Login is downloaded about 59 times, Live username availability checking about 1.
Live username availability checking has no reviews yet.
Disable User Login was updated more recently: Apr 3, 2026, against Aug 25, 2014 for Live username availability checking.
Disable User Login is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 3.9.40 for Live username availability checking.
Live username availability checking has been around longer: since 2014, against 2019 for Disable User Login.

Disable User Login leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Disable User Login	Live username availability checking
Popular rank	#2,820	#44,934
Active installs	6K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	1.5K	24
Rating	5.0(6)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	3.9.40
Search multiplier	×0.67	×0.00
Last release	7 months ago	12 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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