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Author Spotlight (Widget)
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Plugin audit
Author Spotlight (Widget)
Author Spotlight (Widget) has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
100+
Rating
4.5★
2 reviews
Downloads / 30d
95
Momentum
-13%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 2204 tracked Login & Users plugins: health 45 vs 61 average · rating 3.99★ vs 3.82★.
What we found
Likely abandoned
CriticalNo update in 118 months. wp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users avoid them.
What to do: Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -13% while the Login & Users category median is +6%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
What to do: A coordinated content + outreach push can re-ignite installs.
Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: names who it is for, headings and lists and enough to quote. Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 2 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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