Title: Fake Who’s Online for WordPress
Author: paulsimonrough
Published: <strong>January 4, 2016</strong>
Last modified: September 5, 2019

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# fake-whos-online-widget

 By [paulsimonrough](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paulsimonrough/)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fake-whos-online-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fake-whos-online-widget/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fake-whos-online-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fake-whos-online-widget/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of April 16, 2026 and is not available for download.
Reason: Guideline Violation.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Cheap cheating](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cheap-cheating/)󠁿

 [palatino](https://profiles.wordpress.org/palatino/) December 21, 2016

What a stupid way o cheating. Just do a refresh on a page and suddenly 10 more members
but 50 guests less are shown. This plugin is not only cheating visitors but it is
also missing some intelligence in doing so.

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fake-whos-online-widget/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Fake Who’s Online for WordPress” is open source software. The following people 
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ paulsimonrough ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paulsimonrough/)

[Translate “Fake Who’s Online for WordPress” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/fake-whos-online-widget)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fake-whos-online-widget/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/fake-whos-online-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/fake-whos-online-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/fake-whos-online-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fake-whos-online-widget/advanced/)