Advanced Author Bio vs Author Spotlight (Widget)

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Advanced Author Bio

by Abhik

Health D44

Author Spotlight (Widget)

by Debashish

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Author Bio Author Spotlight (Widget)

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Advanced Author Bio	Author Spotlight (Widget)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	100–200 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 44	D · 45 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	74/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.91★	3.99★ ✓
Reviews	1	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	38/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	13.9y ago	9.6y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	66	69 ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Advanced Author Bio Author Spotlight (Widget)

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.